@ o_holter, Check your loading and sra, of course vta as well. Your system may react differently than others with loading and gain. Do not expect the Atlas to be the "end all be all", nothing is perfect everything depends upon preferences, equipment synergy ~ critical and listening tastes. All of my past Lyra's have been tracking champions and their customer service top notch.
Lyra Atlas experiences
A few years ago, I invested in a Lyra Atlas cartridge / pickup. I have moved up, from Lyra Clavis in the early 2000s and Lyra Titan i later. The Atlas was expensive, but I have not looked back. Yet I wonder, can something more be done, to optimize the Atlas, in my system, and others. How can this remarkable pickup run its best. What are the best phono preamp and system matches. Should the system be rearranged. Have anyone done mods or DIYs to their systems to get the "reception" right? What happened? Comments welcome. You dont need to own a Lyra Atlas but you should have heard it, to join this discussion. Comments from the folks at Lyra are extra welcome - what is your experience.
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