I have an original ZYX Universe, ten years old with about six active years of use. This is the S-SB version, with low output (0.24 mV) with silver coils. I am the original owner.The stylus is worn out and needs replacing but the cantilever and the rest of the cart is in relatively good shape. The cart was evaluated by Soundsmith in June of this year. When I asked them about a repair they replied: “The ZYX does have a boron cantilever, which is intact but they use a metal collar at the end to mount the stylus. That is why we can not mount a stylus to the end of the boron cantilever and suggested replacing it with the ruby cantilever. It is one of the exceptions to the rule as they say.” Their price to “install a Ruby cantilever with your choice of stylus the CL for $250.00 or the OCL for $350.00.” Another choice would be to have ZYX do a complete rebuild, but I have no information about that. Asking $500.
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