It is well known that Sorasound Universe owners found it to be good on classical music but not great on modern music or Rock. Because of this Sorasound had another cartridge made called the Atmos. This was designed to make a better job reproducing modern music. This has been well documented on this forum over previous years. The ZYX 4D on the other hand is a good all rounder. The Omega and Diamond models go above and beyond the ones mentioned above.
One last thing: cartridges require careful setting up. If a cartridge is not set up correctly it can wear out prematurely. Also the handling of the cartridge is very important. I have seen some just drop the tonearm/cartridge on to the record with a crash. Any cartridge is not going to last very long in those circumstances but it is often the cartridge that is blamed rather than the user...
One last thing: cartridges require careful setting up. If a cartridge is not set up correctly it can wear out prematurely. Also the handling of the cartridge is very important. I have seen some just drop the tonearm/cartridge on to the record with a crash. Any cartridge is not going to last very long in those circumstances but it is often the cartridge that is blamed rather than the user...