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I finally got around to placing an order for a new cartridge and look what showed up today...
It's cool how they bolt it to the case:
One more:
It's a crazy looking cartridge with a nude body and attaching it to my headshell was interesting. There's not a whole lot there to work with but this particular cartridge has been around since 1965 with only a minor change back in the 70's so I guess when something works right there's no need to change it for changes sake. I like that.
I loved the Lyra Delos that I have. It had a lot of energy and was very precise and accurate. I've been having an issue with distortion coming through and after about two months of tweaking and re-doing my whole set-up, as well as sending my table back to my dealer it was determined that the main root of the distortion was the shape of the stylus. My dealer sent me a Van den Hul Frog to try out and the distortion wasn't any better. It may have been a little worse due to the shape of the stylus which allowed it to get deeper in the groove.
It was when I listened to the Frog that I realized how forward and harsh the Delos was in my system. I have an email that I shared with Steve that I'll dig up and post when I find it that compared the the Delos to the Frog. My dealer told me that with the super fine line shape of the EMT stylus that the distortion was virtually nonexistent. So after much debate whether it was something that was just in my head and maybe I should deal with it without buying something else, I decided to bite the bullet. I was busy with work today and got in a 30 mile bike ride so I didn't mount the new cart until about an hour ago. Initial reaction is good. I played a problem record and the distortion issue was basically gone. That makes me very happy. I'll update once i get some more hours on it.
It's cool how they bolt it to the case:
One more:
It's a crazy looking cartridge with a nude body and attaching it to my headshell was interesting. There's not a whole lot there to work with but this particular cartridge has been around since 1965 with only a minor change back in the 70's so I guess when something works right there's no need to change it for changes sake. I like that.
I loved the Lyra Delos that I have. It had a lot of energy and was very precise and accurate. I've been having an issue with distortion coming through and after about two months of tweaking and re-doing my whole set-up, as well as sending my table back to my dealer it was determined that the main root of the distortion was the shape of the stylus. My dealer sent me a Van den Hul Frog to try out and the distortion wasn't any better. It may have been a little worse due to the shape of the stylus which allowed it to get deeper in the groove.
It was when I listened to the Frog that I realized how forward and harsh the Delos was in my system. I have an email that I shared with Steve that I'll dig up and post when I find it that compared the the Delos to the Frog. My dealer told me that with the super fine line shape of the EMT stylus that the distortion was virtually nonexistent. So after much debate whether it was something that was just in my head and maybe I should deal with it without buying something else, I decided to bite the bullet. I was busy with work today and got in a 30 mile bike ride so I didn't mount the new cart until about an hour ago. Initial reaction is good. I played a problem record and the distortion issue was basically gone. That makes me very happy. I'll update once i get some more hours on it.
