Anyone using a Lyra Delos yet?

2x4b...thx for the response. I am sure it falls short of the Titan on most every category (as it should like you said). It sounds like it does soundstaging, PRaT, and dynamics well. Also sounds like it is tonally neutral across the frequency spectrum. All of which are great attributes. For me though one of the biggest hooks into the music is how well timbres and musical textures are translated, i.e., how true to the real sound of instruments and voices the playback comes or I guess how natural? How would you rate the Delos on that front? Also, do you know what the compliance of the cartridge is? Thx

I just looked up the compliance on the Lyra website: 12x10cm/dyne. Mniven...I just put the Classic's 10.5SE tonearm effective mass of 12.3g and the Delos's weight of 7.3g and compliance of 12 in the Resonant Frequency formula yields a Resonant Frequency of 10.38Hz right smack in the middle of the recommended range of 8-12 Hz. This suggests that the Delos ought to be a good match for the JMW 10.5SE tonearm that comes with the Classic.

By the way, according to the Analog Corner in the current issue of Stereophile, Michael Fremer got a Lyra Delos from the US importer at CES for review, so hopefully in the next couple of months we should see a review from MF on the Delos.

Hello!
I also have been using the Delos on a Graham Phantom II ( 10 inch version ) and TW Acoustic Raven for a coupple of weeks.

My experience are even more positive than 2x4b.
In fact I found the Delos one of the best three cartridges I have ever owned (and I have owned many).
The reasons that the Delos works so great in my system is the balance that are warmer than the other Lyra pickup's that I own ( or has owned ).
My system consists of Avantgarde Trio speakers that are a bit clinical sounding by themself and the little extra warmth that the Delos gives help giving me a sound that makes a lot more beutiful music and not simply beutiful "hifi-sound".
Of'course the Delos does all the important hifi-stuff right and it is also have much of the tradional Lyra-sound ( dynamic, fast and with good PRaT ), but the most important thing for me is that it plays music as few other cartridges I have owned and for the price it seems for me to be a real BARGAIN!

Just for giving some references about what I mean by "warm" here is some other cartridges that I own (or has owned) the few last years and where I place them going from "warm" to "cold".
- Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinium
- Kondo IO-M
- LYRA DELOS
- Air Tight PC-1
- Lyra Skala
- Lyra Titan-i
- Air Tight PC-1 Supreme
- Lyra Helikon
Soundwise I finds the Delos to be in top three and when we look at the prices for the others the Delos is a real BARGAIN.
Highly recommended!

Thx Torfinn...what phono are you using? Also, what's the rest of the amplification driving the Avantgarde's? Thank you.