LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING

Yes, I understand who J Carr is. I'm just frustrated my 1700 dollar purchase isn't giving the sound I expected. My analog now sounds digital. The Delos tracks beautifully, is the quietest cartridge I've ever heard(don't hear hardly any clicks and pops on records) and is EXTREMELY detailed. Way too much detail. It's lean, bright and too harsh and shrill in my opinion. I have it surrounded by expensive equipment.  I think moving coils are overrated.  An Ortofon 2m Black will absolutely blow the Delos out of the water. I have it at 1.75 tracking force, VTA perfect.  Azimuth is done by eye, hard to adjust on a VPI CLASSIC TURNTABLE.  I just sold the plinius koru phono preamp.  maybe that was the problem.  A BAT VK P12 coming this week.  It could transform the Delos. I will report back. 

i wish you the best ;-) the absolute best

I read the craziest stuff on audio related threads. Tonearm adjustments don't affect the sound of a cartridge...MC's are overrated...Lyra Delos is shrill sounding...too much detail

 This is absurd.

Either your cartridge is malfunctioning or you're overexaggerating. 

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.

Can we keep the old, boring, and endless MC vs MM/MI debate out of this thread, 3 easy?There does seem to be a consensus already that the OP’s experience with the Delos cartridge is very atypical and that he might want to consider having the cartridge inspected for defects. Now he was invited to do that by the guy that makes the cartridge. You can’t do better than that as an endpoint.