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Hi everyone, I made the same post on audiogon.
For nearly four years I have been enjoying my Lyra Delos, using it with a 510 ohm impedance load (which I found gave the best balance between stereo imaging and an organic sound).
Lately though, having spent some time listening through headphones, I heard distortion and mistracking creeping up. The cart has been used for 350 hours and it seems the tracking abilities for which it is renowned are not here anymore. I used a cheap AT-VM95e cart I had on hand just to compare the other day and the mid- and end of side distortion is actually quite similar.
What do you think could the problem be? Apart from this distortion, the rest is fine. The cartridge was aligned as perfectly as possible, alignment was checked and rechecked, the turntable is dead level. I have tried to clean the stylus before every side, following cart designer Jonathan Carr's advice, but I am still quite disappointed as I thought the cart would track perfectly for like another 500 to 1,000 hours maybe.
The cart is nearly four years old. Maybe that's the reason?
Thanks for your help guys!
For nearly four years I have been enjoying my Lyra Delos, using it with a 510 ohm impedance load (which I found gave the best balance between stereo imaging and an organic sound).
Lately though, having spent some time listening through headphones, I heard distortion and mistracking creeping up. The cart has been used for 350 hours and it seems the tracking abilities for which it is renowned are not here anymore. I used a cheap AT-VM95e cart I had on hand just to compare the other day and the mid- and end of side distortion is actually quite similar.
What do you think could the problem be? Apart from this distortion, the rest is fine. The cartridge was aligned as perfectly as possible, alignment was checked and rechecked, the turntable is dead level. I have tried to clean the stylus before every side, following cart designer Jonathan Carr's advice, but I am still quite disappointed as I thought the cart would track perfectly for like another 500 to 1,000 hours maybe.
The cart is nearly four years old. Maybe that's the reason?
Thanks for your help guys!
