That is very un Lyra like and most definitely wrong. I would send those pictures to your dealer. It should be replaced. Unfortunately, you should have reported it before you mounted it. The tendency is going to be to blame you for Fing it up somehow. But, if the cantilever is not bent midshaft it is their problem. Get to it ASAP.
Brand new Lyra Delos - skewed cantilever
Hi everybody, first of all thanks for the very insightful tips I've been able to gather over years of thread reading.
Today I am finally starting my own thread to ask a question about a brand new Lyra Delos I received this week. This is my first ever cart over 1K and I was expecting something amazing.
Well, the sound is indeed amazing! Even though after 2h30 of cart usage I am still struggling to find some meat to the bones. Sound is VERY precise but I expect it to become even better as hours go by.
However, as soon as I started aligning the cart I found the cantilever went slightly to the left. I have asked my dealer about this and he said it was nothing to worry about but I was hoping to get somebody's opinion on the forum, maybe even Jonathan Carr's. I have included photos.
Thanks a lot for your help everyone!
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@jcarr , Thank you for responding. Serves me right for not reading the entire post. You might want to use some Loctite on those screws:-) I'm sure you have seen a bunch of odd things happen to your cartridges besides broken cantilevers. We'd love to hear the stories! Anyway, like I said before, "Very Un Lyra Like." I have never heard anything but great quality and service from Lyra. 2 questions. What do you think of transimpedance phono stages and When will the Lyra Atlas Lambda SL be available again? |
@lewm , I just got a WallyScope and plan on publishing pictures of styluses once I get use to it. @jcarr , Thank You for your input. I have already ordered a Channel D Seta Plus which will provide both a voltage and current input. It is a very wide band version of the circuit used in the Lino C which got uniformly rave reviews. I ordered it with an RIAA board but I also have the option of using digital RIAA correction. I plan on ordering an Atlas lambda SL shortly. Thank god you did not mount any diamonds on it :-) |
@anthos314 , Back off on your antiskating to 1.25 and see how it goes. |
@anthos314 , are you absolutely sure they are skips forward? Skips can be backwards also! |
@lewm is correct. Any cartridge including the Lyra can be out a bit and most if not all of us would not notice it. I think the major determinant of how import proper set up is is the type of stylus. The effect of the set up being off would be loss of very high frequencies and smearing of the image. @anthos314, maybe it is just the records? |
@anthos314 , Excessive static increases dust collection dramatically. You might try using a conductive sweep arm during play like this one
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