Lyra Cartridges

@vinylzone , I ordered a Lyra Atlas Lambda SL about 6 weeks ago. As far as I know they will upgrade cartridges to the current level of performance for a price.

Some dealers like Elusive Disc and Upscale Audio have trade in programs but not Lyra directly. 

Dear @vinylzone  :  You can contact directly to the designer and owner of Lyra J.Carr that time to time post here.

Through Agon you can make that contact:

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DITORTIONS,

R.

Thanks, I will  check those options out.

Yes. Check it out.

https://www.lyraanalog.com/documents/2020-Lyra-US-RETAIL-Price-List.pdf

Lyra is now distributed in the US/Canada by Audioquest.

@jpan  Thanks for that.

Fair warning on ordering from Lyra. I ordered a new Lyra Kleos cartridge from a well known dealer over five months ago. It still hasn't come in from Japan. Don't know what the hold-up may be. Checking in with the dealer a month or so ago garnered zero information. 

@rauliruegas , where have you been? I was starting to get worried about you!

I got the Seta yesterday! The only cartridge that has arrived so far is the Platinum Signature. The MC Diamond and Atlas SL are still in limbo somewhere.

@mijostyn is the Platinum Signature from MSL? If so what are your initial thoughts? 

It took about 6 months to get my Lyra Atlas SL from Japan after I ordered it from Audioquest. They are all back ordered.

I know that if you have a non Lamda cartridge, Lyra will upgrade it to a Lamda for no charge.

@mijostyn 

Why did you opt to order to Lyra Atlas Lamba SL, instead of the regular Lyra Atlas Lambda?  

Here is what Lyra says about the SL model:

This is a special, built-to-order, version of Atlas for expert users with very high-gain, extra low noise phono stages, or alternatively a step-up transformer designed for phono cartridges of 2 - 3 ohms or less.
Most users (and phono stages) will benefit from the regular Atlas with much higher output and considerably more energy; resulting in a much better signal-to-noise ratio. If you are in doubt about which version of Atlas that will work best in your system, please go with the regular Atlas.
The Atlas SL may provide extra pure and pristine sound from an audio system that is optimized for a low-impedance, low-output cartridge. However, this may be accompanied with a lesser level of energy and power.
Lyra nevertheless has decided to offer SL models, as built-to-order at a 10% surcharge, for those who are confident that they can extract the benefits from such a low-output MC phono cartridge.

@rsf507 yes, it is the MSL. Since I also got a new phono stage at the same time it is difficult for me to determine what is due only to the cartridge. I can say that tracking is not an issue and construction quality is up there with the best I have seen. It's stylus has the highest level of polish I have ever seen. It glows under the microscope.

@mglik , I am probably looking at the same timeline. I was told I would get one whenever Japan decided to make another run of them.

@drbond , Simple, I have a phono stage that has both current and voltage mode inputs. Current mode, which has certain advantages over the more common voltage mode, requires a cartridges impedance less than 10 ohms. The lower the impedance the higher the gain. The Atlas SL has an impedance of around 1.5 ohms. The regular Atlas is 4.2 ohms. Lower is better. 

@mijostyn   @drbond   : Agree and not only because your new phono stage but because less cartridge internalimpedance means les coil wire where the signal must pass through, yes less is more here in any way.

R.

@mglik

Your statement that Lyra will upgrade the Lyra Atlas to the Lyras Atlas Lamba for no charge is false. The cost to upgrade a Lyra Atlas to a Lyra Atlas Lambda is 50% of the cost of a new Lyra Atlas Lambda, or about $6,000. There is presently a 4-6 month waiting time after sending one in for upgrade, which is better than ordering a new Lyra Atlas Lambda, which is 6-8 months.  This is information directly from Lyra/AudioQuest, which was related to me in the USA.