The ZYX brand was founded in 1986 by innovative engineer Mr Hisayoshi Nakatsuka.

Mr Nakatsuka of ZYX is the President and chief engineer, or maybe we should say the chief engineer and the President of ZYX. He was born in the Nagano prefecture in Japan. He has a long experience of audio equipment going back to a very early age. After graduating from university, he worked in the development department of ‘Trio’ (Kenwood) and during this time has developed the worlds first ‘optical cartridge’, then he went to Ortofon in Denmark and developed a signature model MC-20. In 1976 he was employed by Namiki Precision Jewel company, where he managed the OEM cartridge business for several manufacturers. Since 1986 he became independent as ZYX under the support of Namiki Precision Jewel Company. With all of the experience gained during his career, Hisayoshi Nakatsuka’s work has led to the approval of 15 design patents. All this knowledge and know-how have been poured into the ZYX product range.

The origin of the name ZYX has been created by using the analogue three-dimensional elements – Time (Z) Amplitude (Y) and frequency (X). Therefore, all ZYX cartridges are equipped with the original real-sound power generation system where time-axis distortion is cancelled by the use of several patented technologies. These are also incorporated with the latest technology such as micro ridge stylus and boron cantilever and besides carbon cantilever.

ZYX cartridges have been in the USA, Japan, Germany and the UK, where analogue is most prominent in audio systems. ZYX has been awarded several times “cartridge of the year” by several hi-fi magazines and is also rated CLASS–A by the prestigious magazine STEREOPHILE USA.

  • R50 Exceed Bloom 3

    £850.00

    Specially rigid black aluminum cantilever Normally the sound of aluminum is very natural, but cannot follow to high frequency perfectly. In order to achieve both its characteristic natural sound and the wide range reproduction, the R50 Bloom 3 has a ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed 100

    £1,350.00

    World First C-1000 Carbon Cantilever in Moving Coil Cartridge The ZYX Ultimate series (100, Airy, 4D, OMEGA and DYNAMIC) use a carbon cantilever for the very first time in a moving coil cartridge. The carbon rod is made from 1000 ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed Airy

    £2,200.00

    World First C-1000 Carbon Cantilever in Moving Coil Cartridge The ZYX Ultimate series (100, Airy, 4D, OMEGA and DYNAMIC) use a carbon cantilever for the very first time in a moving coil cartridge. The carbon rod is made from 1000 ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed 4D

    £3,250.00

    World First C-1000 Carbon Cantilever in Moving Coil Cartridge The ZYX Ultimate series (100, Airy, 4D, OMEGA and DYNAMIC) use a carbon cantilever for the very first time in a moving coil cartridge. The carbon rod is made from 1000 ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed Omega

    £4,000.00

    The new ‘Ultimate Exceed’ range of moving coil cartridges from ZYX Put simply, a moving coil type cartridge can be described as a kind of transducer (a device that converts energy from one form to another). It induces a current, ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed Dynamic

    £5,000.00

    The new ‘Ultimate Exceed’ range of moving coil cartridges from ZYX Put simply, a moving coil type cartridge can be described as a kind of transducer (a device that converts energy from one form to another). It induces a current, ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed Diamond

    £9,000.00

    The new ‘Ultimate Exceed’ range of moving coil cartridges from ZYX Put simply, a moving coil type cartridge can be described as a kind of transducer (a device that converts energy from one form to another). It induces a current, ... Read More

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  • Ultimate Exceed Astro

    £9,995.00

    The new ‘Ultimate Exceed’ range of moving coil cartridges from ZYX Put simply, a moving coil type cartridge can be described as a kind of transducer (a device that converts energy from one form to another). It induces a current, ... Read More

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  • R50 Bloom Mono

    Stylus Our styli used in all type of MONO have the edges of the diamond shank set parallel to the sides of the cantilever. Using this type of stylus, the hardest axis of the crystal is aligned to act as ... Read More

  • R100 Mono

    Stylus Our styli used in all type of MONO have the edges of the diamond shank set parallel to the sides of the cantilever. Using this type of stylus, the hardest axis of the crystal is aligned to act as ... Read More

  • R1000 Airy 3 Mono

    Stylus Our styli used in all type of MONO have the edges of the diamond shank set parallel to the sides of the cantilever. Using this type of stylus, the hardest axis of the crystal is aligned to act as ... Read More

  • Live 18 Headshell

    Lightweight, highly rigid, and non-resonant structure LIVE18 is precisely machine-tooled one by one out of an aluminium block with precise and even molecular arrangement remained unchanged. Only the parts where it is necessary is thickened, resulting in high rigidity and ... Read More

  • UP-1 Lambda Stylus Polisher

    How To Use 〇Place the tone-arm on the armrest. 〇Hold UP-1 so that the cleaning/brush face is on top. 〇Hold the switch 3-1 or 3-2 of this UP-1 and vibrate the cleaning brush 2 and lightly press it from under ... Read More