Lyra Helikon upgrade

My dealer tells me the new Lyra Delos sounds better than the Helicon and the Kleos will most likely out perform the Skala. I haven't heard either yet but I have always liked the Lyra sound. From my point of view I would look at the Kleos as a replacement. Newest technology from Lyra. However the Skalas may go on sale with the release of the new line of cartridges.

....a new Lyra... just when I thought my choice was going to be simple!! Jfrech I read your review and was almost sold!
Thanks guys for the input, I am unable to audition Lyra's, so I will wait for some feedback on the new one.
All the best

The Delos does more things right than a lot of much more expensive cartridges.
Some don‘t share my view about the Helikon which I prefered to some more expensive Lyras, it has - or had - a tonal Balance which is very rare. Even today with lots of super expensive cartridges. The Delos has comparable Detail and Attack with a rich amount of tonal Details. I think, this impressed me most. Very rare to hear, no matter how much money you spend for cartridges.
Not colored like a Koetsu, it can give you a good impression from the Soundstage, it can produce a three dimensional image with a very transparent midrange. A lot of cartridges „bloat“ some frequencies (some think that is similar to full, but that is a mistake), this one not. It does not „level“ all records with a kind of sonic fingerprint. It is very honest (depends on the rest of your System of course) and it has a VERY rare combination from „smoothness with fast analytics“.
In my opinion, one of the outstanding designs of today from price/performance ratio. When it is in your focus, there is worse out there :-)

I have just placed an order for the Skala... here in eu land there are no Kleos to be had. In all honesty it was an impulse...I do hope it hits the spot!

congrats ! I think you'll be thrilled !