LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING
Have had a Lyra Delos Cartridge for the last month and have any of you goners noticed a elevated treble, shrill thin bright sound from this Cartridge? I wish I had my HANA ML back. This Lyra sounds horrible!!!
This Lyra set me back 1700 bucks. I've had 300 dollars cartridges sound better. New lesson learned, moving coils DO NOT sound better than moving magnets. BUT, the HANA ML I had was a nice sounding moving coil.
I’m on my second Delos (130hours) and it sounds as wonderful as the first one. The tracking force is pretty narrow, 1.75g is recommended. Before you give it away call the distributor (AudioQuest) and see what they have to say. Mine is on a VPI Classic 3 Sig, 3D arm, with ModWright PH9.0X phono.
Evidently the original post was made not with the intention of getting advice on how possibly to improve the situation, but rather with that of venting about disappointment.
something is drastically wrong. the Delos is an exceptional sounding cartridge and is not at all bright or shrill.
if you tried loading at 200 ohms, make sure the VTF is dead on 1.75 grams and your headshell is perfectly level to the platter when the cartridge is in the groove, something is wrong with the cartridge or installation. have you checked the phase of the lead wires?
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