Upgrading the Dynavector DV-20X Low MC Cartridge


On a VPI Scoutmaster + VPI JMW-9 Signature combo, when upgrade from a Dynavector DV-20X Low MC cartridge, would you choose the Dynavector XX-2 MKII or the Lyra Delos.

Phono pre-amp will be either a Parasound JC 3 or Sutherland 20/20.
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The XX-2 is truly a great cartridge and I don't think you could go wrong that way.

As for the Lyra, I haven't heard them myself but frinds of mine own them and say that you need to go up in the line a bit before you get a truly balanced presentation. The lower ended models tend to sound a bit top heavy. I am not sure where in the line that change begins, but when it does their cartridges are truly superb.

Maybe others who own them can chime in.
Lyra Delos will let you hear lots you've never heard before out of your records. Lyras are probably the most precise cartridges ever made.