ZYX Universe silver vs copper


OK friends. I need help. I have read some of the other posts regarding the silver vs copper. Now after people have had more time with their ZYX'x, are the conclussions still the same?.

I have Teres 360, Schroeder DPS, EAR 834p (highly modified), Placcette passive, Atma-Sphere MA1, Coincident Total Victory ll.

Question?. With the EAR and the A-S, would the copper be too romantic?. What are the benefits of the Silver?. I listen to every thing but classical. Lots of female vocals, jazz, rock, pop.
cousinbillyl
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I concur with Doug, Divo and Thom and prefer the Copper to Silver.
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For me, the Copper has more life and better leading edge attacks without any sense of brightness or exaggerated detail. If I had not heard the Copper, I would be thrilled with the Silver.
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I had the benefit of hearing both the Copper and the Silver in my system on the same weekend with the same music and the difference was not that subtle and then again in another system on another occasion. It was an easy choice for the Copper.
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Rgds,
Larry
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Jeffreybehr,

The ZYX UNIverse is a phono cartridge, not a cable. Check out the review beneath my signature for details.

FWIW I concur with Cello. In our system and to our ears the copper vs. silver differences were not subtle. If someone slipped a silver onto my tonearm without telling me we'd know in an instant, on virtually any LP. We prefer the lifelike energy of the copper but many people love the silver, so YMMV as always.
Doug, all ...

I realized that my post above was a bit nebulous.

My most extensive and controlled silver/copper experimentation involved the Airy-3. By experimenting with loading, I was able to close the gap between the two variants ... still preferring the copper by a small margin in the end.

Silver/Copper with the Universe was on different systems and not as well controlled. Likely, it's higher resolution expands on the differences. This would be consistent with yours and Cello's observations.

Sorry for the confusion ...

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier