Lyra Olympos vs Parnassus naked original version

The magnetic circuit lends a family resemblance between the two cartridges.

Unfortunately, the Parnassus I compared with an Olympos had quite a few miles on it, so I can't say for certain how much of the extra refinement came from the Olympos, and how much of the difference was due to (perhaps) a worn out Parnassus.

One thing is certain - they sound like very close siblings.

Both cartridges were compared on one of my Galibier turntables using two Schroeder References. Hopefully, this little bit of information can help in some way.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier

Hi Thom,
from your responce I understand that, regardless the miles they had on, these two cartridges have almost the same sonic quality since their magnet system is identical. Am I right?

I don't think, that they are more or less identical, because the Olympos uses the magnets only. The Olympos uses the Titan Body (I think I read it somewhere), this was made later when the Titan cartridge was introduced. Then there is the needle, the suspension which can be changed too (or more). You can ask Lyra for that special information.
Anyway, when you like the sound of the Parnassus and don't want to spend the money to go for Olympos, they will rebuild the Parnassus (they support their older Designs).

Dear Pentatonia: IMHO if you have the money that Lyra ask for then go for the Olympos, it is a great cartridge and better than the original stock Parnassus. That both cartridges have the Lyra signature sound IMHO does not means are similar but different.

Do you think that J.Carr was taking his design/voicing/manufacturer time to build the Olympos with similar performance than the Parnassus and for that charge that kind of money to his customers?

+++++ " Is it wothing the extra cost to create an Olympos cartridge? " +++++

at the level of quality performance that we are talking improvements over that performance are hard to achieve and pricey.
For me and other people can be worth to pay for it but maybe for other persons don't.

I think that you have to contact directly with J.Carr about.

Btw, IMHO the best step up transformer is no SUT but I respect other people opinion on the subject.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.