It goes to show you how subjective this hobby is. I can't believe somebody would prefer the black to the Delos. I had them both in my system at same time and in my mind there was no comparison. I do agree with the poster that says the helicon is more accurate than the Delos. Interestingly enough I found the Deloz to have a bit of a upper bass warmth that the helicon didn't so I went with the helicon. I tried a high-level Benz and found it to be much to thicken syrupy for my tastes.
Lyra Delos A truth teller or what?
My experience with the Lyra Delos has been good and to put it the best way too revealing? So far my original vinyl sounds incredible, especially stuff from the Golden age of stereo. Amazing to say the least. However, newly remastered stuff sounds extremely overdone and in some cases unlistenable and I am talking about a lot of Classic reissues. Is this just the way it will be or will this cartridge still relax a little as I only have roughly 50 hours or so on it?