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| Lyra Kleos SL pojuojuo, rather than posting on Audiogon (which due to a lack of time, I rarely visit), you would have received a response much sooner if you would have sent an email to either your dealer, your distributor, or us.I tried to send you an email thr... | |
| CARTRIDGE WOES? Hi Frank: While you are very much in the minority, you are not the only person to say that they prefer the Delos over the Kleos.The Delos is more about fun and exuberance, while the Kleos is more about gravity and refinement. It could be that in y... | |
| Lyra : World class service Moonguy: All of the Lyra cantilevers are custom designs which are unique to Lyra. I personally draft every one of the drawings, and visit the Namiki and Ogura factories when they can't figure how to make what I want. We also supply Namiki and Ogur... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Hi O_holter. When you raise the SME pivot by 6-8mm, you are not only changing the SRA, you are also increasing the VTF, and reducing the overhang along with the tonearm effective length.In order to isolate your findings to SRA only, you need to co... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Hi Ralph: No, I missed that post of yours, but it is a good one. Much of my knowledge of the LP cutting process comes from Takawa-san and his boys who were responsible for all of the King Super Analog series, and also Joe Harley, who has produced ... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Dgarretson, although I've not seen a PD444 in pieces, probably its bearing spindle sides were cut into a shape resembling a helical gear. When the spindle turns, such a gear thread will exert a pumping action on the oil contained in the bearing ho... | |
| JVC MC1 Moving Coil Cartridge - Heritage? The MC-1 places its signal coils way out on the business end of the cantilever, only a millimeter or so away from the stylus. Since the coil position bypasses most of the cantilever's length, the MC-1 is a good performer with excellent dynamics an... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Hi O_holter. Sorry for not having seen this thread previously, and many thanks to the forum members who pointed it out to me. I very seldom visit this forum, and would not visit the Amps Preamps forum in the expectation of finding threads specific... | |
| Stand out phono stages Hi Lohanimal: I have used various models of the SP10 family, and in stock form they grab my respect but not my heart. Taking the controller boards out of the chassis can help (although shielding the cables may be required, along with implementing ... | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Hi Digital3: I don't know what the cost of a rebuild or exchange is for the following reasons: Prices are determined by the distributor in each market rather than Lyra. My strengths are in the field of engineering, not business.My recommendation i... | |
| Stand out phono stages Hi Lohanimal: The HA-2 in particular was highly sought-after by Japanese audiophiles, and widely praised for its sonic immediacy, as well as for its innovative approach. I never owned the HA-2 (couldn't afford it as a student), therefore I can nei... | |
| Stand out phono stages Hi Lohanimal: The old Yamaha HA-2 (1979) and HA-3 (1982) were also of this type.http://jp.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/special/hifi-history/other/The HA-2 shipped with a dedicated headshell with two embedded JFETs, thereby bringing the front e... | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Dear Moonglum: If you are now getting mistracking on albums that previously had no problems, there is a chance that dirt build-up has proceeded to the point that it is starting to foul the cantilever.In any case, my suggestion is that you send you... | |
| Lyra Delos suspension aging? Dear Moonglum:If the anti-skate setting was too high or too low, it is possible that the constant side-force would cause the Delos suspension to take on a "set" after some time. When we ship new cartridges, we make the cantilevers as straight as p... | |
| Lyra Delos vs EMT TSD 15 Here is a comparison between Zu-103R, AT33PTG & Delos on a VPI Classic turntable. No doubt that the Audio Technica has a very high cost-performance ratio.http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=vinyl&m=880112>The lyras I have heard do h... |