RollE2k Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Lyra släpper ny top of the line pickup, för mycket pengar för en dödlig som mig, men det kan säkert vara intressant ändå :-) Moving Coil Phono Cartridge Introducing the ATLAS, the world’s first asymmetric MC phono cartridge. The Atlas is Lyra’s new flagship. It is also the first time that anyone has made an asymmetrically structured phono cartridge. Why asymmetric? Because, by literally misplacing the barriers to great sound that are present in every other cartridge today, it confers a number of important performance benefits. First, having differently-shaped structures on the left and right sides suppresses the formation of standing waves inside the cartridge body, thereby creating a less resonant, more neutral cartridge body. Second, the asymmetric construction offsets the front magnet carrier and its associated mounting system so that it is no longer in line with the cantilever assembly. Doing so opens up a direct, solid path between the cantilever assembly and tonearm headshell so that vibrations from the cantilever can be quickly drained away once they have been converted into electrical signals, again suppressing resonances. Lyra remains the only cartridge manufacturer to mount the cantilever assembly directly into the cartridge body and thereby achieve a seamless, totally rigid connection between cantilever assembly and headshell. The effectiveness of this system has been increased with the asymmetrical structure of the Atlas. Control over spurious resonances is further assisted by the use of a narrowed mounting area, which couples the Atlas more tightly to the headshell and facilitates the transfer of vibrational energy into the tonearm. While the Atlas retains the yokeless dual magnet system, diamond-coated boron rod cantilever and variable-radius line-contact stylus of the Titan, the double knife-edge cantilever assembly mounting structure has been revised for greater rigidity, and the signal coil system is completely new. Rather than a square, the coil former is in the shape of an X, which allows each channel to operate with greater independence from the other. This gives better tracking, tighter channel matching, improved separation, and lower distortion due to crosstalk. At the same time we were able to increase both the performance and efficiency of the generator coils. The Atlas has 12% higher output voltage than the Titan, but accomplishes this while reducing the amount of wire in the coils by 22%. The mass reduction further improves tracking performance, while the enhanced output and electrical characteristics allow phono stages to perform better. The Atlas uses Lyra’s ”New Angle” technology, which mechanically pre-biases the signal coils so that they are perfectly aligned to the front and rear magnets when LP playback takes place. This equalizes out discrepancies in vertical and horizontal compliances, and enables the Atlas’ coils to move with equal ease in all directions for optimal performance. As with the Titan and Olympos, the Atlas uses a body that is meticulously carved from a solid billet of titanium, through a process that involves both contact (for the exterior) and non-contact machining (for the interior body structures). But by making most of the Atlas’ body surfaces non-parallel, avoiding dimensions that are multiples of other dimensions, and adding a pre-stressed phase-interference resonance-controlling system, resonances have been inhibited further. We firmly believe that the Atlas represents an important step forward in LP playback. Designer: Jonathan Carr Builder: Yoshinori Mishima Type: Medium weight, medium compliance, low-impedance moving coil cartridge Stylus: Lyra-designed long-footprint variable-radius line-contact nude diamond (3um x 70um), slot-mounted Cantilever system: Diamond-coated solid boron rod with short one-point wire suspension, directly mounted into cartridge body via high-pressure knife-edge system Coils: 2-layer deep, 6N high-purity copper, cross-shaped chemically-purified high-purity iron former, 4.2ohm self-impedance, 11uH inductance Output voltage: 0.56mV@5cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees (CBS test record, other test records may alter results) Frequency range: 10Hz ~ 50kHz Channel separation: 35dB or better at 1kHz Compliance: Approx. 12 x 10-6cm/dyne at 100Hz Vertical tracking angle: 20 degrees Cartridge body: One-piece machining from solid titanium billet, with reduced-surface higher-pressure headshell contact area, predominately non-parallel and asymmetrical shaping, phase-interference resonance-controlling mechanism, and body threaded directly for mounting screws Cartridge mounting screws: 2.6mm 0.45 pitch JIS standard Distance from mounting holes to stylus tip: 9.5mm Cartridge weight (without stylus cover): 11.6g Recommended tracking force: 1.65 ~ 1.75g (1.72g recommended) Recommended load directly into MC phono input: 104ohm ~ 887ohm (determine by listening, or follow detailed guidelines in user manual) Recommended load via step-up transformer: 5 ~ 15ohm (step-up transformer's output must be connected to 10kohm ~ 47kohm MM-level RIAA input, preferably via short, low-capacitance cable) Recommended tonearms: High-quality pivoted or linear (tangential) tonearms with rigid bearing(s), adjustable anti-skating force, preferably VTA adjustment Quote
calle_jr Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 :mm: Bra att man håller samma grundläggande specar som övriga nyare Lyror. Generös utspänning för att vara en top-of-the-line pickup. Förbaskat spännande geometri. Bara att hoppas en del av de bästa lösningarna kan ärvas ner i övriga modeller. Quote
RollE2k Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 Ja, intressant att se att någon provar något nytt. Ska bli intressant att höra vad folk tycker om den, då man själv aldrig kommer ha dessa pengar. Sedan är det ju som sagt som du säger, det brukar ju ärvas ner i de billigare serierna! Quote
Bebop Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Precis som på min Kleos verkar nålarmsröret vara ocentrerat i öppningen, vilket jag har svårt att förstå. De kunde ju flyttat hålet lite åt vänster. Kleos (och Delos) ligger väldigt nära skivytan. Det funkar men det behövs inte stora "bulor" för att pickupen skall slå i. Förhoppningsvis är detta förbättrat. Jag kommer att kolla detta extra noga innan jag köper en Lyra nästa gång. Det räcker inte med fantastiskt ljud. Skivorna måste också vara spelbara. Men om vi bortser från detta så låter Kleos fantastiskt bra. Du nämner pris men inte hur mycket. Gissa jag helt galet om jag drar till med 60,000? Quote
RollE2k Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 Du nämner pris men inte hur mycket. Gissa jag helt galet om jag drar till med 60,000? Har bara sett amerikanska priset på vissa sidor, och det ligger på $9500 där (titan i kostar $5995) , så det lär bli ett rejält lyft i sverige. Tror dock mycket detta beror på att japanska yenen ligger rejält mycket högre nu än den gjorde för ~3,5-4år sedan, så priset kanske kan rasa om yenen tappar mot övriga värden. Och problemet du beskriver med att pickupen tar i gör att jag måste rekommendera dig att köpa en Ring-clamp. Ger lyft bara den i sig, då skivan får bättre återkoppling med tallrik, och sedan tar de "tyngre" bort skevheten helt vid spelning. Finns alternativ ex. här - http://www.ttweights.com/480_gram_alloy_outer_ring.html Själv har jag beställt en kineskopia av VPI-clampan på ebay, men denna väger ~2.5kg och rekommenderas mao inte om du ej har magnetlager ala clearaudio eller liknande, då det finns risk att bli för mycket vikt för lagrets eget bästa. Quote
calle_jr Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 De kunde ju flyttat hålet lite åt vänster. Det beror väl på centripetalkrafter... Tanken är att hela konstruktionen ska vara symmetrisk både geometriskt kraftspelsmässigt när skivan spelar. Det gäller i första hand dämpare, men även armrörets vinkel. Eftersom olika riggar ger bäst ljud vid olika antiskating så ser det olika ut. Men det borde vara nära rakt i drift. Åtminstone närmare rakt än vad ett traditionellt armrör brukar ha. Redan på Skala och Argo var armröret placerat i underkant av hålet när pickupen var obelastad. Fr.o.m Kleos och Delos flyttade man det även åt vänster. Lyra Skala Bra att du tar upp problemet med lowriders. Det är inte bra. Quote
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