LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING

@jcarr thx, will do. love my Delos btw.

@jeffvegas 

My advice is to not even think about the Kleos until it can be made clear why the Delos isn't performing in your system.

If you spend even more money, and the bottleneck persists, you will be really upset (smile).

kind regards, jonathan

beer proof  cantilever may not exist….or sober but overzealous housekeeper…….

Have never owned a Lyra anything. But I have learned something from this thread. Jonathan Carr is a class act.

@jeffvegas

On the one hand you say

MOVING COILS ARE HIGHLY OVERRATED.. 

And then you say

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.

Why would you try another MC if they are so overrated ?

Given that you say

 I am extremely hard on Cartridges due to having a few beers and getting clumsy with the tonearm. 

My suggestion - stick to MM's with a replaceabe stylus - that way you can keep a couple of spare styli for the rough nights. Also dont forget Moving Iron cartridges like Nagaoka (MP500) and Soundsmith ( Soundsmith's stylus replacement cost is quite modest).