Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type??

@intactaudio Ok, is it as powerful as neodymium? I doubt it.

I was just wondering;  does a particular magnet, type or kind of magnet dictate the sound of the cartridge?   I know that Different kind of magnet will sound different but should a person like myself if looking for a cart, should that be a factor in choosing which cart i should buy due to the type of magnet.?  So if a magnet from a cartridge is made from Neo, Alnico, platinum or cobalt,  what are some of the benefits and why?  

That magnets ''sound on their own'' is curious ''argument''. 
But in our hoppy myths are usual and even needed to ''strengthen''
the arguments. The question then is why should any one use
lesser sounding magnets? 

@daveyf  Neodymium is king when it comes to flux per uinit density but i believe the strongest magnetic field ever created was via field coil.

as to whether different magnets sound different or by definition the strongest magnet type is best I'll answer yes and no.  I have yet to hear a neodumium based cartridge that was as musical as an alnico or samarium cobalt magnet based one. The best cartridge I have heard to date is field coil based.  I am currently in the process of trying the exact same cartridge structure with Alnico 5, Samarium Cobalt and Neo to see what happens.

dave

Here in the US, one can buy small neodynium magnets at any good hardware store.  I bought a pkg of 3.  These are about the size of a dime. The magnetic field is so strong that one cannot easily get the magnets in the stack of 3 apart from one another; I had to use a sharp knife blade to do so.  I am using one to repair the door to our toaster oven.  It was spring-loaded to begin with, and the springs gave out. One of those dime-sized magnets now does the trick. 

My Ortofon MC2000 must have very few turns of wire on its coil, because the internal resistance is 2 ohms and the output is miniscule in terms of voltage.  But it has an enormously powerful magnet structure that can lead to destruction of the suspension, if you bring any ferrous objects nearby, like a screwdriver you might use to install the cartridge, or like a platter with ferrous content, or the rotor of the coreless motor of my L07D.  Such powerful magnets can exert a force on the weigh pan of certain digital scales we use for VTF, even though they are advertised to be "non-magnetic".  Which of course can lead to inaccurate setting of VTF.