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| Latest new generation Lyra Hi everyone. Thank you for your patience, and the warm comments (^o^).We finally got some Atlas information up on our website. With certain browsers I still get the old page, while on others the new Atlas update is visible. I imagine that there ma... | |
| Latest new generation Lyra Yes. Atlas.The first production units are presently being built, we too delivery of the product boxes perhaps two weeks ago, and I received the very first printed manuals today. The Atlas is a very time and labor-intensive cartridge to make, and t... | |
| Lyra Skala installation I fully agree with SBrown regarding the desirability of an accurate cartridge alignment system.Yes, I would try level VTA as a starting point (but please do experiment).One more option on mounting screws could be a manganese-copper-nickel-iron all... | |
| Lyra Skala installation Hi Pojuojuo:The VTF and antiskating that you chose are well within our recommendations, so it doesn't sound like you have problems. One thing to keep in mind is that as temperatures drop with the onset of winter, the optimal VTF is very likely to ... | |
| Is it worth repairing or re-tipping? The JVC MC-1 is kind of like a moving-coil Decca, in that it uses printed micro-coils that are mounted very close to the stylus (perhaps 1 mm away from the stylus). As a result, there is little clearance between itself and the LP, but in return, d... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Although the TechDAS design breaks all of the prerequisites for this thread, who cares when the turntable design is so interesting and focused on performance.Driven via a woven aramid belt, but with a quartz-referenced, optically sensed servo syst... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Yes, from the former VP of Micro-Seiki (now CEO of Stellavox Japan). He showed up at the Tokyo International Audio Show with a turntable that looked like it completed what the SX's and SZ's started.I believe that only one prototype (very nicely fi... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Lyra Kleos? Hi Jr W:In past years we made physically shorter cartridges, like the Clavis DC. or the Parnassus DCt. With these, we sometimes received complaints from owners of certain tonearms such as the SME V and IV. The short cartridge height allowed the ta... | |
| Is 60dB gain enough for Kleos? Hi David:Regarding suitable gain of a phono stage for the Kleos, I'd normally suggest 63dB or more, although if you have a high-gain preamp, power amp, or quite efficient speakers, 60dB may be enough (as J. Frech has suggested).For lower-gain phon... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Lyra Kleos? Hi David: I have used all of our cartridges on lots of unipivots - Grahams, Spiral Grooves, Naims, Audiocrafts, Moerchs and moreĀ Haven't encountered any particular problems so far that defied careful setup, although I can imagine that some users ... | |
| CONUNDRUM The input impedance of the Calypso is 20kohm if unbalanced, 40kohm if balanced.The output impedance of the PH-7 is 200 ohms unbalanced. According to ARC, the output load should be a minimum of 10kohm, so let's assume that value as the total load, ... | |
| CONUNDRUM Handymann: In the event of signal overload, I sometimes use interconnect cables that have a built-in two-resistor network that attenuate the signal by a fixed amount. Since only two resistors are used (one series, one shunt), and the attenuator is... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Lyra Kleos? Dear Breezer:Lyra is not like Benz-Micro, Ortofon, ClearAudio, Denon, or Audio-Technica. We are a small company, and we keep a hands-on approach for everything that we do. Lyra only has one person (although he now has one assistant) building all o... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Lyra Kleos? Dear Breezer:The Titan i will stay in our lineup, because it is a nice performer for the price, IMO.At the same time, it is true that I am working on a new cartridge model, but for a higher price-point.This is a much more complex and radical desig... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul:When it comes to the "Neumann" modification to the RIAA curve, have you given consideration to LPs cut at half-speed?jonathan |