I remember when we tried to tweak a Lyra cartridge to the Souther / Clearaudio parallel arm, my audio expert friend and I, back in the early 2000s. Whatever we did, tweaking the arm, weight, azimuth and so on - even tilting the player to help it move along - we heard (and partly, saw) the arm "bumping down the track" in a loose ragtag fashion, like a sledge in the snow. We became quite sure, after testing, that the design did not work out, even if it avoided inwards skating. It was worse on a spring-loaded player like the VPI HW-19 but persisted even removing the springs. When I upgraded to the SME V arm, there was no looking back.
Lyra Atlas experiences
A few years ago, I invested in a Lyra Atlas cartridge / pickup. I have moved up, from Lyra Clavis in the early 2000s and Lyra Titan i later. The Atlas was expensive, but I have not looked back. Yet I wonder, can something more be done, to optimize the Atlas, in my system, and others. How can this remarkable pickup run its best. What are the best phono preamp and system matches. Should the system be rearranged. Have anyone done mods or DIYs to their systems to get the "reception" right? What happened? Comments welcome. You dont need to own a Lyra Atlas but you should have heard it, to join this discussion. Comments from the folks at Lyra are extra welcome - what is your experience.
Oystein
Oystein
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