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?
tzh21y

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As a test. Try 250 or 500 ohms.  You may get a little more midrange there.   Delos does not have much weigh in the upper bsss/lower mids.
It really depends. Lyra cartridges certainly are truth tellers.

Great recordings will sound great, bad invariably will sound bad unless the rest of your system is appropriately voiced and full range.

If your system is slightly lean or you use small two way speakers that don’t really go low in the bass frequencies, Lyra will not be for you.

If you have a neutral or slightly warm system and want more detail, Lyra will probably be a revelation.

J Carr has voiced the Delos to have a slightly bright top end to match more warm systems that need some detail.

I own the Delos, Etna SL and Atlas SL and have owned the Kleos and Atlas over the last 7 years so they have many hours on them. All Lyra carts are good for at least 2500-3000 hours if looked after.

Personally I could not think of a worse sounding cartridge than a rolled off Benz - but some like that sound.

choice your poison and enjoy.
Interestingly the Lyra phono cable is all copper with low cap.
  Its all a balance, but frankly if you are happy missing information at the vinyl playback stage with a warm or rolled off cartridge, you will never get it back.

 Imo - Lyra rules 
personally, loading any Lyra down to 65ohms is killing it.  It ius supposed to be loaded much higher.
@tzh21y 

you were right.  I am at 300 ohms.  much better.  had it at 475, too bright.  might try 320.

Good to hear you tried loading higher.  Around 250- 300 range seems to be the sweet spot for Delos. I also found 500ohms a bit high in my ss phono. 
   You can generally load higher in tube phono stages.