New ZYX R50 Bloom III MC phono cartridge. Most recent 0.24mV (the better sounding) version. This cartridge competes with some more expensive cartridges in the $2k - $3k range.A customer purchased this cartridge as part of a turntable (Pear Audio Kid Thomas, like new, also for sale just above wholesale) package. I set up the cartridge and tested it by playing music for a couple hours. Unexpectedly the customer backed out at the last minute. I removed the cartridge and packed it up. His loss is your gain. So some would call it a new, tested cartridge. Other would call it a like new, slightly used cartridge. Either way it's priced just above wholesale. Here's a recent summary from reviewer Part-Time Audiophile:
"I’m talking about an $1200 cartridge here. I’m a guy who’s owned Koetsu and Transfiguration, who’s reviewed Miyajima and Benz-Micro and Lyra and Dynavector, and I think the ZYX Bloom 3 is so good that it’s a shock. It’s not the greatest cartridge I’ve heard, obviously, but it’s certainly the best $1200 cartridge I’ve heard so far, and not by a margin I would call dainty.
I told Richard and SORAsound that I would buy the ZYX Bloom 3 if I really liked it, and if it measured up to Richard’s unbridled enthusiasm. Obviously it did, and I’ll be mailing out a check. I’ll even go a step further and say that if you’re using the Technics SL-1200G, the ZYX is a wonderful match, and at a sane price." Make sure your phono stage is up to the low 0.24mV output. No returns. Price is firm. No trades. Buyer pays shipping. PayPal adds 3%. Credit card adds 2%. Thank you.
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