Lyra Delos A truth teller or what?

tzh21y,

Heading home from St Paul. Picked up the Technics SL1200G that Ralph modded with a Triplanar Classic SE tonearm and mounted my Lyra Kleos cartridge.
About 4-5 more hours to home.
Can hardly wait to hear it in my system. They did a stunning job.

@tzh21y 

you were right.  I am at 300 ohms.  much better.  had it at 475, too bright.  might try 320.

Good to hear you tried loading higher.  Around 250- 300 range seems to be the sweet spot for Delos. I also found 500ohms a bit high in my ss phono. 
   You can generally load higher in tube phono stages. 

nkonor, I am sure it will sound amazing. the 1200g is amongst very few turntables Ive heard that just does so many things right and gets better after considerable breakin say 200 hours or so.  It really is an amazing value.  one of the best out there.

About 50 hours in with fabulous setup by Robert at Stereo Unlimited !
liquid, grace and ease so far..... no desire to mess around with it.....

The Delos is a "truth teller" in that if you don't like it, in many cases its because its not setup correctly. The truth being you need some help with it.
Delos is super finicky on setup especially VTA and azimuth, it has to be pretty much perfect. Lyra designs their carts for a specific setup and loading.
When I bought the Foz meter that was amazing, but more than anything the loading is key. Too many user rely on 100 ohms, not good for the Delos, and you need to use a low cap cable, preferably under 100pF/mt, so you can load it in the 300-500 ohms range....Once all this is done it will sing like a songbird......and has plenty of low end to shake walls.
Mine took about 30 hours once it was dialed in......Be sure you are at 1.75g also.