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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Showing 3 responses by nandric

I assume the tonearm is either FR 66 or FR 64 or both.
I am sure that one of the headshells is Arche but have no
idea which the other headshell is. BTW : no extra 'inserts'
by the Arche?
One speculative proposition. Considering the fact(?) that J.Carr is more a scientist than a businessman I don't believe he would produce the Atlas if he was not convinced that this one is his best. I am very fond of Syntax but my trust is on the side of J. Carr in my speculative assumption.
Dear J.Carr, This is again 'subjective versus objective' argumentation. Subjective preferences are many and nearly impossible to deal with in a logical way because of the
contradictory statements implicated. The 'engeneering reasons' or should we say 'facts' are supposed to be objective in the sense that any engineer with the adequate
knowledge and experience should be able to confirm or deny the, say, technical facts. This btw is how (physical) science works. The same is the case with the (modern) logic which assume only two truth values: the truth and the false.
You alredy published about the 'technical inovations' implemented in the Atlas. In this sense your job is done while everyone can understand that argueing with different tastes a hopless and frustrating task must be.
BTW I have never seen any negative valuation of your carts but I have of course not seen them all. Anyway you as a person is highly valued in our forum. That is for sure.

Kind regards,