Copper, silver, or gold MC cartridge coils?

I have just broken in my ZYX airy 3 SB gold cil cartridge after 30 hours of use and it sounds great.

Better than the Silver coil and Copper versions IMO.

I use a VPI TNT 3 Special turntable with JMW 10 arm from 1990.

ARC used the same turntable as their reference from 1990 until 2020 in their factory.

I have identical JMW10 arms and use the copper coil and silver coil versions for comparison.

Doug Deacon the SoraSound reviewer, had the wrong opinion of these variations.

He said the gold version was a cream puff in sound and was totally wrong.

He liked the copper best and thought the silver had poorer transients.

Not IMO!

The Gold is best followed by silver and copper coils.

SoraSsound  had a big stock of copper coils and a few silver and very few gold coils.

SoraSound did not want to run out of copper or silver, if the demand was bigger for silver or gold IMO

A business decision on SoraSound's part, to maximize profit.

This opinion is sort of mute because the Airy 3 with boron cantilever is long gone.

You have to try for yourself,, and not believe the paid SoraSound shill reviewer Doug Deacon, who is long gone.

There are many shills on the internet that try to influence the public and act as independent reviewers. 

@don_c55
You stated that the silver wired Zyx has 3 years usage, and the copper wired Zyx has 1.5 years use.You stated that the Gold wired Zyx is new.
Therefore the comparison is irrelevant and your conclusion flawed.

Furthermore, I would wager that if you compared two cartridges with the same wire - they will sound different.

Dover

I use stylist and all the cartridges are is great shape!

I get 3000 hours of life with stylast , and there are many audiophiles agree with the life of my cartridges.

You do not know what you are talking about IMO.

I know what these cartridges sounded like over their usefull life.

Why would two identical cartridges sound different?

 ZYZ makes quality cartridges that have very little unit to unit sonic variation.

@don_c55 
Re the Zyx, a friend of mine has had 2 out of 3 new Zyx subpar that have had to be replaced - manufacturing faults et al. I have also seen brand new Koetsu's where the cantilever has had to be realigned ( rotated such that the diamond is vertical as you look from the front ).

I have owned 4 ZYX airy 3 cartridges no problems, all excellent!

I bought all of them from 2Juki, saved big over SoraSound!

I also bought 3 Benz Ruby 2’s from 2Juki, all excellent.

Been dealing with 2Juki for 15 years.