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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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larryi
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One more thing to check, particularly if "mistracking" happens only on a few recordings, is to see if that problem might just be the recording microphone overloading.  I noticed such a problem with one record  where I assumed the problem was either mistracking or groove damage until I heard the digital release and noticed the same problem.  

I don't know about the Atlas specifically (I own a Titan i), but, all of the Lyra cartridges I have owned tracked real records quite well (not that good on some of test records) and I would not expect to hear much mistracking.  
larryi
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I am pretty much a tube electronics person.  My current phonostage is a Viva Fono, which is thoroughly a tube unit, including tube rectification. 

But, if I had a reasonable opportunity, I would get a particular solid state phonostage that I heard and found particularly good--one that made the music come alive and sound very vivid.  Interestingly, it is a Lyra Connoisseur phonostage so it should work well with their own cartridges.  Unfortunately, it is no longer made, and used versions go for a not so small fortune.

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