BobM
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I'm also a Transfiguration lover. Running an old Temper now but I may be up for an upgrade to something newer in due time.
+1 as I already have one and it took awhile to get they are in short supply very nice cartridge . Only so many can be made it is one guy doing the Atlas the other models are done by others but I have been told only one person is building the Atlas. I have no proof just what I was told. If you want one you may have a long wait. Best I have heard thou I not heard the other front runners.
All Lyra cartridges are built by one person -Mishima-san. So yes, ability to supply Lyra cartridges is finite.
For me, I already have the brilliant Atlas, which will need to be rebuilt sooner than later after owning it for almost 2.5 years. I guess cheaper than a new one :lol:
Would love a dyna XV-1t. Maybe have a listen to a Goldfinger.
You maybe right I had heard he is getting help with some models and is doing the Atlas and few others alone. Story I got was 600 a year for North America I do not know if that is all Lyra's or just the Atlas. I have no idea how many sell a year. With a handful of other Cartridges in this price range getting their share of the market I can not think their are that many to be sold. Again not my area I got one and I am not going to think about rebuilding it for a few years I hope.
Jan Allaerts
OK, today I listened to spiral groove + goldfinger statement + Kondo SUT into MM of Air Tight ATE-2001 (most open, most detailed, most high end sound my system delivers), then to the Spiral Groove SG 1.1 plus Benz LP-S into ARC Ref2se (most musical, warm, inviting, fluid sound my system delivers), and now am listening to the MC Anna still breaking in via the Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Graham Phantom Supreme into ARC Ref2se (most complete and grab you by the balls sound my system has delivered....not as expansive as the Goldfinger...not as warm and liquid as the Benz, but seems to capture the essence of both those and adds some picante testicular strength to the sound). My evening's musings....
OK, today I listened to spiral groove + goldfinger statement + Kondo SUT into MM of Air Tight ATE-2001 (most open, most detailed, most high end sound my system delivers), then to the Spiral Groove SG 1.1 plus Benz LP-S into ARC Ref2se (most musical, warm, inviting, fluid sound my system delivers), and now am listening to the MC Anna still breaking in via the Clearaudio Innovation Wood/Graham Phantom Supreme into ARC Ref2se (most complete and grab you by the balls sound my system has delivered....not as expansive as the Goldfinger...not as warm and liquid as the Benz, but seems to capture the essence of both those and adds some picante testicular strength to the sound). My evening's musings....
Prolly Lyra Atlas/Etna at one end of the spectrum to a Koetsu Jade/Urushi Red on the other end of the spectrum. But top end Lyra and toppish end Koetsu would be my pick(s)![]()
Darren, how did the CODA stack up?BTW, my dear friend Jennifer who runs Jena Labs turned me onto CODA phono preamps. She loaned me her CODA from a few years back model wise. It wasn't as meaty and dynamic as my ARC Ref2SE but it was equal in every other regard, besting my Herron VTPH-2, and all the MC/MM inputs of my Air Tight ATE-2001. And that surprised me because of the cost difference. CODA is dirt cheap by comparison. She had shared with me she had a $25,000 tube phono preamp decked out with ultra expansive tubes and when she put the CODA in the system it blew her and her friends away. So I picked up a Coda 06x FET phono preamp via a dealer in Europe which is the more upgraded/current version of what Jennifer from JENA Labs loaned me. Can't wait to hear how it stacks up against my ARC Ref2se. So grateful for our American Engineering Creative Leaders like Jennifer of Jena Labs, Keith Herron of Herron Audio, and the list goes on. These folks are best on the planet and totally in it for the music. Love the fact I can get advice easily that translates into system upgrades.
BTW, my dear friend Jennifer who runs Jena Labs turned me onto CODA phono preamps. She loaned me her CODA from a few years back model wise. It wasn't as meaty and dynamic as my ARC Ref2SE but it was equal in every other regard, besting my Herron VTPH-2, and all the MC/MM inputs of my Air Tight ATE-2001. And that surprised me because of the cost difference. CODA is dirt cheap by comparison. She had shared with me she had a $25,000 tube phono preamp decked out with ultra expansive tubes and when she put the CODA in the system it blew her and her friends away. So I picked up a Coda 06x FET phono preamp via a dealer in Europe which is the more upgraded/current version of what Jennifer from JENA Labs loaned me. Can't wait to hear how it stacks up against my ARC Ref2se. So grateful for our American Engineering Creative Leaders like Jennifer of Jena Labs, Keith Herron of Herron Audio, and the list goes on. These folks are best on the planet and totally in it for the music. Love the fact I can get advice easily that translates into system upgrades.