List of products by brand ZYX

ZYX is a longtime Japanese manufacturer of moving-coil phono cartridges, ZYX produces several high-end MCs

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ZYX Co., Ltd is a longtime Japanese manufacturer of moving-coil phono cartridges, ZYX produces several high-end MCs, the most famed of which may have been the top of their line - Ultimate Exceed (Astro, Dynamic, DIAMOND, OMEGA, 4D, Airy and Bloom). The sonic quality of the ZYXes well suited to what many people like, from opera and orchestral music to jazz and some rock. Their greatest quality might be their evenness of frequency response - without tipping up the highs or boosting the midrange or bass, ZYX carts maintain a balance of frequencies that gives them a versatility lacking in many other manufacturers’ cartridges that may sound terrific with rock, but screechy with orchestral violins and operatic voices.

Hisayoshi Nakatsuka, owner and chief designer of ZYX, began his career working at Trio/Kenwood in Japan. He went on to Denmark to design the MC-20 cartridge for Ortofon before returning to Japan to work with Namiki Precision Jewel Company, a manufacturer of fine pens. At Namiki, Nakatsuka worked on producing an OEM line of cartridges, and, in 1986, he founded ZYX Co. as an independent manufacturer, where he’s been at ever since.