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Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type??

The Lyra Atlas SL, search all over the Internet, can’t seem to find the type of magnet being use on the cart. Any members have info. on this, can you advise?  Much appreciated!

Yes... i did call the distributor ( Audioquest ),  they have no idea what kind (type) of magnet being use to built the cartridge.  
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intactaudio
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@daveyf  Neodymium is king when it comes to flux per uinit density but i believe the strongest magnetic field ever created was via field coil.

as to whether different magnets sound different or by definition the strongest magnet type is best I'll answer yes and no.  I have yet to hear a neodumium based cartridge that was as musical as an alnico or samarium cobalt magnet based one. The best cartridge I have heard to date is field coil based.  I am currently in the process of trying the exact same cartridge structure with Alnico 5, Samarium Cobalt and Neo to see what happens.

dave
intactaudio
303 posts
 
daveyf  Platinum magents are a thing and not some marketing gimmick.  The Lyra Parnassus famously used this type of magnet and in order to get an Olympos beyond the original run of 10pc, a Parnassus donor was required for the magnet.

dave

intactaudio
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for a given coil movement, cartridge output is simply the combination of flux and length of wire in that flux.  In order to change one you must change the other to get the same output.  The third side of this "triangle" is the cartridge impedance which shows up in the form of mass.  In order to reduce the mass of the coils you can either use fewer turns (less length of wire = less output) or the same number of turns of a thinner wire which increases impedance.  There is a current trend of trying to drive the turns and impedance down and still maintain a substantial output which is where the strength of the  N52 neo magnets come into the picture.

dave
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