LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING

fsonicsmith, I have forgotten more than you will ever know about high end audio. I have been in the hobby for not only 30 plus years but have sold the equipment in a high end store. I have sold VPI turntables and am proficient in setting up a unipivot arm. 

Please, let's not dump on @jeffvegas . Audio is a hobby, with the analog field being particularly so. There is nothing wrong with having strong opinions and personal preferences.

I would much rather have an audiophile who prefers MMs or MIs over MCs than an audiophile who doesn't listen to analog at all (smile).

Ideally Lyra would receive back the Delos and find something amiss with it that explains what Jeff is having to go through. But as things are right now, with no indication of impaired tracking, or channel separation, or LP grooves turning grey/white, the cause is a mystery.

@jcarr


while we have you here and helping, indeed advocating nice, can you look at the PM i sent you about Delos and a Triplaner. You marked my simple ? as “ spam “I asked Bruce H. my ever awesome dealer in San Diego and my recollection is he sent me to you.

Bruce gets fine sound out of a VPI with a Delos, top line tube phono / pre, SS Vandy amp and Kento speakers….best sound i have heard out of a unipivot…

so a vote for returning cart to Lyra for checkup

Anyone answering this thread just fell into a bear trap! ROFL The OP loves his HANA.

I bent a cantilever on the Hana ML I had and it is either going to be repaired or replaced at the dealer.  I'm thinking of just trading that Hana AND the Delos in on a KLEOS. I am extremely picky of my sound and maybe the Delos is too low end of a cartridge. Also, I am extremely hard on Cartridges due to having a few beers and getting clumsy with the tonearm. I will have the Delos inspected. My friend has a Kleos and told me I should have just by passed the Delos and gotten it.