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DELOS
Moving Coil Phono Cartridge
The new DELOS cartridge utilizes Lyra's latest "New
Angle" technology. The new design allows the coils of the
cartridge to stay aligned with the magnetic circuit while the
tracking force is applied. Designer Jonathan Carr has discovered a
way to maintain optimum alignment at all times. This allows the
Delos to track better; clearly improving sound quality,
particularly low-level resolution, dynamic range, transient
impact, and immediacy. This is no subtle advance.
Features
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Ogura-made cantilever/coil/diamond stylus
assembly
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Boron rod cantilever and original Lyra
line-contact stylus
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Body machined from a single billet of aluminum alloy then hard
anodized for superior rigidity
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Entirely hand-made and "voiced" by Yoshinori
Mishima for consistency and performance
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0.45mV output
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Exchange with any Lyra Cartridge
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Specifications |
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Designer |
Jonathan Carr |
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Builder |
Yoshinori Mishima (final build, testing), Akiko Ishiyama
(primary build) |
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Type |
Medium weight, medium compliance, low-impedance moving coil
cartridge |
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Frequency Response |
10Hz - 50kHz |
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Channel Separation |
30dB or better at 1kHz |
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Cantilever system |
Solid boron rod with Namiki microridge line-contact stylu
(2.5um x 75um) and one-point suspension, directly mounted to
cartridge body |
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Coil |
6N high-purity copper, 8.2ohms internal impedance, 9.5uH
inductance |
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Output voltage |
0.6mV@5cm/sec. (CBS test record, other test records may
alter results) |
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Compliance |
Approx. 12 x 10 cm/dyne at 100Hz |
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Vertical tracking angle |
20 degrees |
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Cartridge body |
One-piece machining from solid aluminum billet |
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Cartridge weight |
g (without stylus cover) |
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Recommended tracking force |
1.7g - 1.8g (1.75g preferred) |
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Recommended load directly
into MC phono input |
91ohms - 47kohm (determine by listening, or follow detailed
guidelines in instructions document) |
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Recommended load via
step-up transformer |
5 - 15ohm (step-up transformer's output must be connected to
47kohm MM-level RIAA input) |
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Recommended tonearm |
High-quality pivoted or linear (tangential) tone arm with
rigid bearing(s), adjustable anti-skating force, preferably
VTA adjustment |
Specifications subject to change without notice. |
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