LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING

I have a Lyra Kleos and have used a Hana ML in the past. There is no doubt by comparison the Lyra provides a more hifi presentation while the Hana is more neutral. I now go back and forth between my Shelter 7000 and Lyra Kleos depending on whether I’m in the mood for a relaxed or hifi presentation. Essentially the Shelter does jazz, acoustic, and vocals better and the Lyra is killer with rock music.

I think moving coils are overrated.

I think we have found the crux of the issue here in terms of the sound the OP prefers.  It's all a matter of preference and what sounds good but I suspect his tastes lean towards less resolving and a hint of warm distortion in his signal.

My apologies for taking the bait @lewm when the OP stated MC's are overrated.  I should I have taken the high road.

Not a VPI bashing party, bit it sadly has morphed into unipivot vs gimbal thread.  Ugh.

@dover  +1  Words matter....whether they are true or not, once written they become real.  People have a responsibility here when they post - keep in mind the impact on other's livelihood.  

@pani

Get a Shelter 901mk2 or Shelter Accord. Even a Dynavector XX2 mk2 is good. You will be happy.

Btw, I have heard the Delos sounding shrill, thin, digital as well as nice & analog. You can’t do anything now with it if it is not sounding your way. It has a certain character that some can’t take. You won’t like a Kleos either.

As someone who runs both a Shelter 7000 and Lyra Kleos, I can say w/o hesitancy that I love both. The presentations are much different and that why I love them - Shelter is smooth and laid back while the the Lyra has more immediacy and slam.

@rushfan 

Im running the metal uni pivot right now with a 3d reference gimbaled on the way. It was suggested that, the better damped arm will further improve all aspects of the Kleos.

The performance of my Kleos took an enormous leap forward when I moved from a uni-pivot arm to a Kuzma 4-Point.