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| Lyra Delos vs. Kleos? Dear Tom:Both the Delos and Kleos are "New Angle" cartridges, in which the signal coils are accurately aligned to the magnetic system when vertical tracking force is applied, and this technology is the basis for why they sound and perform better t... | |
| Lyra Olympos SL: Discontinued? Dear Rich:It is true that we have taken the Olympos out of our public product lineup, partly because supplies of pre-owned Parnassus appear to be nearly gone from the markets.However, we remain capable and willing to build an Olympos if there is a... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Dear A.S.: Happy New Year to you too w(^o^)w!We don't have any plans to make specialty Atlas models for quite some time, and this would include both an Atlas SL (single-layer low output coils) version and a Mono version.The reason is simply that w... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Hi Breezer: The Atlas works splendidly in the Kuzma 4 Point (grin).kind regards, jonathan | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Ralph: I agree with everything that you have written above.All distortion is not equal to the ears, and higher odd-order distortion sounds increasingly obnoxious.Also, the character of the noise floor has a significant bearing on far into it the e... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Hi Breezer: Oops, overlooked your post.We have tried the Atlas prototypes in-house with a variety of tonearms that includes the Phantom, but sadly not yet anything by Frank Kuzma.We will evaluate the Atlas in more tonearms when we get some breathi... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra We now have a full list of Atlas specifications up. Over the past few days the specifications page has alternately appeared and disappeared as we made and replaced various files and managed to break links as well as make them.Hopefully the specifi... | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Ralph: The last time I could do a one-on-one comparison was more like 5 years back. And since then, I have also learned how to get the perceived s/n ratio down by a clearly perceivable margin, through more work on power supplies, parasitics optimi... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Happy New Year to everyone!Compared to the Titan i, the Atlas is more immediate and has more presence, has wider dynamics, better imaging and soundstaging, sounds more refined, and seems more communicative of the musicians' intents (as in letting ... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. Hi Nandric:Some of Raul's accusations feel a bit hollow to me, since I for one never stopped listening to MMs or MIs alongside MCs (which is by no means uncommon among audiophiles in Japan). Hearing about Raul and other audiophiles "rediscovering"... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. Raul: As I have stated repeatedly, among other MM and MI cartridges, I own multiple units of the EPC100C Mk4. I find it to be quite good, but not nearly as good as you seem to think. When I play a Titan, for example, through my Connoisseur phono s... | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Although I fully agree with Ralph's (and Doug's) observations that the phono stage has a significant impact on the perception of surface noise, I do not agree that the use of global NFB has any bearing on the outcome.FWIW, I have used both Ralph's... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. Speaking as someone who has designed cartridges, phono stages and tonearms, my experience is that the choice for best sound between MM and MC depends largely on the phono stage and the tonearm and to a lesser extent, the turntable.The tracking abi... | |
| Lyra Titan: Stylus broken during shipping Marco has contacted me by email, and I will try to help him clear up this issue.kind regards, jonathan carr | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Hi John: Hope that you are doing well.One more day to the end of 2011! What a turbulent year it has been!Lyra doesn't directly set the retail prices in any country. Those are decided by the local distributor.That said, judging from how long each s... |