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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.
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halcro
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I find with my Atlas, the greatest improvement is when I hit the 'mute' button......
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o_holter OP
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Halcro - like in "silence is golden"? If the music is bad, no cartridge will save you...
Downunder - yes, the Thales arm looks very interesting. I had a parallel arm (Souther/Clearaudio) ten years ago but could never make it work. The Thales design seems in another class. Does it track ok? What was the arm you had before?
Yesterday I pulled out my Aesthetix Benz MC demagnetizer, and reconnected the batteries (they tend to go flat, if connected). I used it two times, both phono leads connected. Its been eight months since the last time. Did I hear a difference? Yes. Clearer sound. I find it interesting that the difference is easy to hear even with the small Fanfare 3 stage I use now (my main phono stage is on repair). 
downunder
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Hi o_holter

Yes those Southers/Clearaudio's were known to have problems - I thiunk they work a lot better now.

  The execution and build quality of Simplicity II is superb - tracks perfectly.  The clarity, directness and stability the tonearm brings to music is uncanny.     My other tonearm is Graham Phantom.

  cheers
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Downunder - nice to hear. A friend of mine has a Phantom, I found it a bit better than the SME V but not a revolution. Generally, going far up in price means that the performance improvement diminishes. But perhaps the Simplicity belongs to the exceptions. My Hanss T30 player can take an additional arm (Rega 300 type armboard) besides the SME V, and I am considering an investment, although I have been sceptical of the concept of two (or more) arms.
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rauliruegas
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Dear @downunder :  """  I am now a believer in tangential tracking tonearms.  """

well, your tonearm is a pivoted design that tracks tangentially and this is not the same as all linear tracking designs we all now as " linear trackers ".

Been pivoted is a great advantage an additional advantage to its tangential tracking. Very good design!. Congratulations.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

PS: if you can please email me: rauliruegas@hotmail.com 
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