Soundsmith Optimized Contour Contact Line Stylus for Rebuild

Raul
The OP asked about the SS ruby cantilever with OCL stylus, and I've had a relevant experience with it. He didn't ask whether his Lyra is better than a Grace Ruby, and I didn't make that comparison. What is your problem?

Dear @lewm : I always try to really help to any OP like in this ocassion.

First than all you have to have the first hand experience with the Clavis DC to understand my meaning.

Even that the OP will be satisfied with that ruby cantilever he took the wrong road for that specific Lyra model.

This is not rocket science but common sense: do you think that if ruby cantilever was or is better than boron JC was wrong because he choosed as almost all top cartridge designers boron?, cantilever build material is way more important than stylus tip shape but this is for other ocassion discusion.

I owned the Clavis DC with boron and even today is a superlative performer that with ruby can't even it.

That's the problem from my experiences and point of view. Did you heard your Grace with boron cantilever? no? why don't make a test about and you will learn in this regards.

R.

@rauliruegas Did you compare the Clavis DC with a boron cantilever to one with an OCL stylus on a ruby cantilever?  

@rauliruegas Something has been bothering me since your first post in this thread. You claim that your Clavis DC has a boron cantilever. It might, but it wouldn’t be a stock Clavis DC. A stock Clavis DC cantilever is fabricated from a ceramic-reinforced metal composite material, cerralloy. 

Again, Raul, the OP did not ask for a comparison between boron and ruby cantilevers.  He did ask for “opinions of those who used this stylus (referring to the SS Ruby cantilever/OCL stylus)”.  That’s what I wrote about, and only that.  I have never owned a Lyra cartridge because long ago I had the impression that Lyra cartridges were a little too “clinical” sounding for my taste.  That was based on one listening experience with one model.  I am willing to revisit Lyra cartridges, and for all I know, boron would sound better on a Lyra than would ruby.  But none of this issue was addressed in the OP’s original post. And now it seems that the Clavis DC may not in fact come with a boron cantilever.  I am eager to see how that plays out.