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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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Rauliruegas, I am not sure I fully understood your posts. I own a Ypsilon VPS-100 phono and MC-26L transformer. I have owned the Lyra atlas in the past and have considered buying the SL version. I have owned several phono stages many being SS. At present l am using ikeda KAI, which I enjoy. But I miss the in your face of the atlas and have considered the addition. What stops me is I have become lazy as of late and have been listening mainly to my digital front end. Runs in cycles. Are you saying my system (phono) (rest of my system is SS) is a bad fit? I will admit I am getting older(60) and my hearing is not what it use to be. Although distortion seems to bothers me more then ever. My ikeda Kia rivals the best carts I have owned (and I have owned a lot). The atlas is the only one I miss. Your thoughts? I have temporarily posted my system for your responce. It is a "simple" one. After yrs of very large and complicated ones.
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I have owned a lot of cartridges. Goldfinger, Anna, dynavector XV-1s, ikeda Kai, earlier atlas among others. At present I am spinning Lyra atlas sl. All I need to say, after decades, I am done! If I had to pick my second option. If I could not have the atlas sl. It would be the Kai. I love the low out put cartridges. Much more enjoyable to my older ears. Just my view.
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