Lyra Etna Lamda High End Cartridge MC
One of the cleverest ideas in the Etna 's design is to make the titanium body slightly too large to fit the aluminum shell, and then force it in. This "interference fit" causes the two materials to barely resonate: the titanium body because the aluminum constrains it too much, and the aluminum shell because the titanium body essentially steals its energy. Ingenious, right?
It almost seems obvious that Jonathan Carr even came up with something special for the screw holes. These aren't simple screw holes in the body, but rather stainless steel sleeves (also slightly oversized) that protrude from the aluminum body, but due to the slightly larger recess, only make contact with the fast-dissipating titanium body. This way, even external resonances don't stand a chance!
Lyra 's continued research into dampers and suspension systems has led to a new level of development: the Lambda Collection 2020 .
A rarely mentioned key factor in a cartridge's performance and sound is the suspension and damping system. The Etna Lambda and Atlas Lambda continue to offer the advantages of the New Angle models (coil and magnet angles are aligned when the cartridge is in the playing position), but stability and sonic performance have been significantly improved.
For the post-2008 Lyra New Angle models (Delos, Kleos, Etna, Atlas), conical dampers were developed to bias the cantilever downward in the rest position so that the application of the vertical tracking force (VTF) aligns the coil angles with the magnets.
Lambda separates the conical dampers of the New Angle pickups into flat elastomer discs (for damping) and has additional support cushions that serve as cantilevered preload elements. This separation allows for the use of more specialized materials better suited to their individual tasks.
The Lambda improvements apply to both the single-coil layer models (Etna SL and Atlas SL) and the standard double-coil layer models (Etna and Atlas), as well as the Etna Mono and Atlas Mono models.
Despite the revised damping system, the cartridge body structure remains unchanged. All Atlas and Etna cartridges returned for conversion will be automatically updated to the latest Lambda specification.
Price: from €7,920.00 (also available in Mono and SL versions with surcharge)
TECHNICAL DATA:
- Weight: 9.2 g
- Recommended tracking force: 1.68 – 1.78 g
- Output voltage: 0.56 mV at 5 cm/s
- Needle compliance: 12 mm/N
- System impedance: 11 μH, 4.2 Ω
- Scanning capability: 80 μm
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