@dwette , Great. One comment. The only thing record weights do is wear out your bearing faster. Add the weight of the peripheral clamp and you increase the wear rate even more. The good reflex clamps obviate the need for a peripheral clamp and do a better job of flattening the record. They are used by SME, Kuzma, Dohmann and others. The only thing better is vacuum clamping.
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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@dwette , I ordered mine about 5 months ago and still do not have it. If you hang on I'll give you my impression because I am sure I will get it shortly as they make their models in short runs. You want the top of the cartridge body exactly coplanar with the record surface. The best way to do this is with the Wally Reference tool. Use the loading Lyra suggests or even better get a current mode phono stage. You have an excellent turntable. It needs to be on an isolation platform like a MInusK (the best). If you do not have one already you should get a reflex clamp like the one Sota makes. Michell also makes one. |
@dwette , You are correct. I forgot about Clearaudio's magnetic bearing. However, even though you are happy with what you have, record weights and peripheral clamps do not do an adequate job of flattening a wayward record. The other problem with peripheral clamps is that they are large, heavy and in very close proximity to a tiny, very fragile, expensive and very open cantilever. You will not be the first person to knock their cantilever off with a peripheral clamp. The Michell Clamp is relatively inexpensive, try it. If you don't like it I'll buy it from you for whatever you paid. You can use the peripheral clamp for a frisbee :-) |