Tablejockey, Thanks. I’m upgrading from an Ortofon 2M Black (moving magnet) cartridge. I spoke with the Lyros dealer today and should finalize the transaction tomorrow. I’ve someone lined up to do the turntable set up already too, so I’m excited and ready to go. Might have to wait for a couple to three weeks for it to arrive from Japan to the dealer, then ship here.
Interesting too the dealer who does turntable set ups on a regular basis, said the Lyros Kleo is manufactured and functions in such a way as it should not need a VPI dual pivot mod to work properly with a unipivot arm. They said they would be happy to sell one to me, but thought it was an unnecessary expense to incur.
Daveyf, the dealer concurred with you, the standard version is the way to go. It’s a few hundred dollars less than the Kleo SL too.
I’ll have to research alternatives to unipivot arms next for future reference. I’ll look up your Black Widow to see what that’s about since you mention you have one, not to mention it has such a cool name. Speaking of cool looks too, I was hoping the Hana Umami Red would have turned out to be first choice since it’ had the added benefit of matching my red couch and arm chair. Stupid stuff like that appeals to me.
Sadly, Soundsmith has not gotten back to me in a timely fashion. You snooze, you lose, as the saying goes, so they missed an opportunity and the Lyra Kleos it is. Can’t wait to hear it.
Mike
