Vertical tracking force for Lyra etna lambda sl catridge

Dear @newtoncr : With no ofense at all please forgeret of all those " professionals ".

The really one gentleman expert and professional with Lyra cartridges has a name and he is J.Carr its designer.

I know very well the V tonearm and I had there the Kleos and way before it the Helikon and always was a good match with Lyra cartridges and if your V is inside SME specs it must runs good with your cartridge.

Now, that you like it your cartridge at over the recommended VTF range could means that your cartridge/tonearm overall alignment/set up is not really accurated ( including VTA/SRA. ), or exist a tonearm trouble somewhere or the Lyra cartridge suspension is not rigth to Lyra specs.
There are no reasons for your Lyra can’t be enjoyed at the Lyra Vtf. range and no you don’t be using it at over 1.72grs. No matters what.

My advise is that you contact directly to J.Carr and follow his instructions about. Period.

Btw, for me it’s incredible that an Atlas owner send that top level cartridge to rebuilt/fix it with a re-tipper and not through Lyra directly. There are several reasons why don’t do that but each owner decides by him self. I’m only saying.


Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

newtoncr : or ( a big or. ) a phono stage or loaded phono stage that can't honor the cartridge very top quality levels.

R.

@rauliruegas  
I don’t understand what you are trying to say ? 

no you won't hurt the cartridge.....perhaps your scale is off?,   always use your ears.

@newtoncr... what rauliruegas is trying to say is run it within specs no matter what. I don’t 100% agree with that as it seems the V runs a bit “light” for a Lyra cart. I think I read somewhere that J Carr even recommended a dab of blue tack to the tone arm to accommodate? I have no idea how much. Anyway, yes, it is possible the overall numbers are not calibrated 100% on the tone arm, but running the Lyra at 1.8-ish isn’t going to hurt it. Regarding the VTA, the lines running down the center of the tone arm are what you use to measure. Start at “level” and play with it up or down, see what sounds best. Mine, as measured with the alignment tool, is about 1mm lower measured front to back. The lower edge of the tone arm is approx 3mm from the record edge with a 150 record. Which are pretty much SME “specs”. This seems to be a nice compromise for thicker and thinner records.