Lyra Atlas compared to Lyra Titan i


Some days ago I made a comparison, in the same System, same Arm, same Headshell, same cables ....
It was quite interesting :-)

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Lyra Atlas

Lyra Titan i

... to make a long story short:

Both are very good cartridges, but the Titan still amazed me
[Even after all those years].
The differences are in the tonal preference what the Listener likes to hear, for example the sustain of instruments (Atlas) or the linear reproduction of voices (Titan i)
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Some think, there is a hierarchy in the Lyra range. The more expensive, the better...that is wrong.

Best Performance for Price: Lyra Delos
Best Cartridge ever: Lyra Olympos
Best Cartridge for big Spender: Lyra Atlas
Best Cartridge for ear cancer analog Systems: Lyra Kleos
Best Cartridge for TOP Systems: Lyra Titan i
Swap time is less than a minute. Fore sure you've to adjust VTA, overhang, Azimuth,... but only using the headshell/cart for the first time. So first setup of each headshell/cartridge is about 10 minutes; swapping to "preadjusted" ones requires only VTF adjustment.