ZYX Live18 and the RS Labs Headshells

To who? If they are worth it to me and I make $8,000,000,000 a year, will it be worth it to you?!?

Every ZYX product I have ever purchased was a great value for the money. Every item I have ever purchased from Mehran was, for that matter a great value...

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I am sorry to have caused any confusion. I will delete the second sentence and start over.

Has anyone used the ZYX Live18 and/or RS Labs rotary headshell with a tonearm that accepts removeable headshells? Were you pleased with the results?

Thanks for your help.

Yes I have. The ZYX Live 18. It was used on my Ikeda 407. I have also used a Dynavector headshell, an original Ikeda headshell, and finally a Yamamoto Ebony Headshell. The ZYX was my favorite for fit, and sound when I did the comparison. It is subtle and might be more related to changing the effective mass of the arm/cartridge combination more than anything else. It could also be tonearm cables. Too many variables to know for sure. Basically, I recommend it but it is system dependant. I needed an additional headshell at the time. A few people I know who have tried it indicated that it they liked it a lot as well.

From memory, bass definition improved, treble extension improved and detail increased. Also the attack and timing was slightly more live. I compared it to the Ikeda headshell w. the ZYX Universe X-SB. Now I have a Jade in it.

In my system I didn't like the Yamamoto at all. The Dynavector headshell seems very good as well, but doesn't fit my Ikeda as well.