LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING

@jeffvegas - 

You are completely correct.  The delos is a terrible cartridge, way to thin and bright.  There's NOTHING wrong with your system.

I'm in a particularly charitable mood.  If you can carefully repackage the cartridge in its original box with all the protection in place and no damage, I'll pay shipping and give you $150 to dispose of that terrible piece of phono cartridge.  I'll even test and verify the cartridge's condition for a couple thousand hours.

Normally a bidding war doesn’t go backwards…

tt81 is ok... go look it up in buyee

200 300 ish good condition. I just bought 2 for my friends 

Did OP listen to a dem before buying?
It's understandable most dealers don't want to loan carts for audition like other equipment, but he could have had a dem.  If the sound is as slanted as he says, he would certainly have heard it.

Never buy blind!

well tt is like that.. the more high end the more work  skill, required to make it sounds optimum. also same with speakers. 

if can setup high end stuff and make it sound good.. then no problem setting up cheap stuff and make it sound good but not the other way round.