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| Moving permalloy cartridges Sébastien: The operating principle would be that of a moving iron but with increased sensitivity, which could be used alternatively to increase output, reduce moving mass, or decrease inductance.hth, jonathan | |
| Sound Smith Phono Pre Attenuators Hi Bifwynne: In general I find that such attenuator devices should be inserted between phono stage and line preamp rather than cartridge and phono stage.Although my experience is that the sonics of low-voltage MC cartridges suffer far more from el... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings Hi Kinara:It would be interesting to see what is going on in your tonearm(s), because 2 out of three is highly unusual.I would be happy to send you an email, to either discuss what may be going on. or set the corrective wheels in action (smile).Wo... | |
| How do I remove gunk from a Lyra Delos cartridge? Hi Montgomery, all:We do get cartridges that are returned for mistracking, and the percentage of dirty styli far outweighs those that are damaged.However, if your Delos has a tracking problem and you suspect stylus damage, I recommend that you eit... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings BTW, the Linn forums have a thread which is for Uphorik users and loading of various cartridges. It treats cartridge loading from Linn's own perspective, which is to load MC cartridges not only resistively (per standard MC phono stage design pract... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings I was finally able to set aside some time to put together an electrical model that reflects Agiaccios's particular situation, and start running simulations. Over the next days, I will make a series of posts, one for each capacitance setting on the... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings Hi and hope that everyone is doing well:According to a member of the Phonogram mailing list who recently contacted Harry Weisfeld, the total capacitance for a Classic tonearm with standard tonearm wiring and the standard RCA junction is 143 +/- 2 ... | |
| Is there a problem with my Lyra Delos cartridge? BTW, one more variable to consider is room temperature and humidity. Temperature should be about 22~23 degrees celsius, humidity around 55~60%. These operating conditions have a bearing on tracking ability and sound quality.hth, jonathan carr | |
| Is there a problem with my Lyra Delos cartridge? Applying proper VTF should result in the cantilever assuming a 90-degree angle in relation to the red front magnet carrier.My recommendation for Montgomery is to isolate whether the tonearm or cartridge is at fault by having the Delos installed (a... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? What causes skating forces is the fact that, with offset-angle tonearms, the LP groove pulls the stylus in two vectors at once. One vector is from the stylus to the tonearm pivot. The second vector is along the offset angle.These two vectors synth... | |
| Lyra Olympos SL: Discontinued? Hi Larry: Yes, assuredly we are. But being the engineering guy rather than the business guy, I don't know what the per-model trade-in values are.I am reasonably sure that the list of models vs. trade-in values has been put into circulation among t... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings Hi Agiaccio: The loading resistance for a low-impedance MC cartridge is related to the values of the capacitances between cartridge and phono stage (plus whatever amount is present at the phono stage input). The general rule of thumb is that, the ... | |
| Lyra Delos Settings Hi Agiaccio: How much capacitance does your tonearm cable have? Also, how much capacitance does the internal wiring inside your tonearm have?It would be nice if you could disable the capacitance at the phono stage completely, is this possible?I su... | |
| Is there a problem with my Lyra Delos cartridge? Hi Montgomery. If there is a problem with your Delos, we will be happy to check it and correct any problem that exists.Experience tells me that the problem is likely not with the cartridge. If the Delos does have a problem, it would almost certain... | |
| Lyra Olympos SL: Discontinued? Hi Rich: If your desire is for a beautiful-sounding, "feel-good" cartridge, the Olympos remains very attractive. My personal choice would be for the Atlas rather than the Olympos, but that is because I am interested in the maximum density or inten... |