LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING

delos is what op described and also require quite substantial burn in like all mc.  and you need a warmer turntable and system to complement it well.. it's very open and sharp thus very picky to setup and system matching.  

very narrow margin of setting. the bad part about Lyra is that the diamond mounting is not gold standard. so need to magnify and check at least. 

jvc tonearm ua 7045 and TT 81 101 works extremely well with it.  which easy and cheap to buy. very analog. resolved. powerful and musical combo. 

hana VS Lyra is a totally opposite.. try soundsmith if somewhere in the middle of both. 

tt81 is ok... go look it up in buyee

200 300 ish good condition. I just bought 2 for my friends 

well tt is like that.. the more high end the more work  skill, required to make it sounds optimum. also same with speakers. 

if can setup high end stuff and make it sound good.. then no problem setting up cheap stuff and make it sound good but not the other way round. 

@clearthinker

my buddy is also agent for a few big high end brands.. same thing can sound totally different with different venue and owner . I often tag along as a 2nd ear to setup.. distributor and customer relationship is important. what work or not discus with the distributor. buy a system not equipment.. synergy is very important.

the point is not just listen to demo and buy. build a good relationship.. be fair. and normally it ends well. 

under the right setup.. it's very balanced  very high resolution separation dynamic excellent bass. not tilt up in any way. 

It's very big image and high energy sounding. not very warm towards the nuetral. but texture timber etc is there. 

I have to give this a very fair review. as I listen to them with various setup for almost 5 yrs edition 1 and edition 2.  it's  picky though with system cause of the high resolution and the burn in is quite long. it's one of the carts that I could. hear 3 layers of stage. like a high end cd. if your a high resolution freak this is the right one. 


no such thing as bad really. matter of system synergy. it's better to think what your system needs.. that's is the personal best one. 

what lewn said. totally agree.


if the proper understanding of all parameters is done correctly there is no reason to be tweaky

there are 2 kinds of people I know . set correctly and done within the hour. or keep tweaking for months and months and years. guess which one sounds better? and why.