Lyra Delos A truth teller or what?

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.

Cool thread, like hearing about all the fun tweaking in and such. Miss those days. 
Just thought I might chime in to mention a possible oversight: If you are hearing differences between "old" records and new ones, very likely it's the VTA setup. That is to say, often newer or different pressings like a different VTA. Not so much the thickness of the record, but rather the way the record is pressed. 
Back when I had my Clavis DC and Lydian, I found there were certain groups of records that simply called for a different VTA to sound optimal. Also, they were VERY sensitive to the rest of the setup, as in the overhang and such. 
They always sounded great, but I found getting them set up really, really well got things into another level- maybe a level nothing else could match.

I ended up loading at 160 ohms, Boston Audio Mat, 1.75 Grams is where it needs to be, Anti-Skate just above 1.  The Orsonic DS-200G disc stabilizer sounds the best with this setup and I had the stillpoints LPI, did not like certain things it did on the 1200G.  I also have the project puck, use it once in a while.  The Achromat and the Lyra Delos work the best as far as being able to get the VTA right.  Its the right height but is resonant at certain frequencies that I do not care for but most of the time sounds fine.  The Boston Audio Mat sounds the best, just wish it was a bit thicker and it would be perfect.  I am using the Ortofon LH-4000 with the Delos and took the headshell leads off of the LH-6000 and put them on the LH-4000.  Sounds great.  My cartridge took well over 100 hours to run in which was disappointing.  My suggestion to anyone with a Delos is be patient.  It is the best tracking cartridge I have ever owned or heard along with other Lyras, just incredible control in grooves. I have the VTA set as low as it will go.  YMMV but this has been my experience with the Delos and 1200G.  Heard a Ortofon Bronze with the 1200g it sounded very good, not as forward sounding but it definitely has its virtues.  I really liked that combination very much.

basement- the one thing I like most about the Lyra, is the performance on old vinyl, just incredible.  I can listen to almost all my older records and thoroughly enjoy them whereas the newer ones sometime sound a bit overdone with this cartridge.  I can always put the Glider on on for those records.