I have a Lyra Delos chewing-gummed (just kidding!) to an Alphason arm attached to an older but several-times-updated SOTA Sapphire turntable. I have the Delos as level as possible, tracking at the recommended 1.75 grams. Unfortunately, I had to set the level by eye, as the shape of the Alphason makes it impossible to put a spirit level atop the thing. I cannot remember the LP I used to level the tonearm, but it was probably from London/Decca or DGG, and not a super-thick audiophile pressing. In any case, no matter what brand of LP I play, tracking, tracing, edge-warp handling, inner groove distortion and every other phono nasty is virtually non-existent with the Delos. It's as unflappable a cartridge as was my dampered Shure V-15 Micro Ridge.
Lyra owners!
Hello everyone I recently put down a down Deposit for a new Lyra Delos cartridge for my heavily upgraded Oracle Delphi mkIII with sme iv tonearm. I have a large collection of vintage records and a modest amount of 180gram vinyl. After hearing the Delos is crucial on vta angle. I am wondering wether to set up the cartridge for regular 120gram vinyl or 180gram. I’m the the kind of guy who keeps it simple and would just rather set it an leave it. Not too worried about changing it for each individual vinyl. Also I’m wondering what ratio of step up transformer for the cartridge. I have a music first audio classic sut with 3 different ratios 1-20 1-10 1-5 with 6 different loading positions and a open circuit. Let me know your thoughts On setup and ratio loading. Thanks