lyra cartridges

The above Lyra Kleos ($4065) is the lowest cost Lyra cartridge to feature the full fledged Ogura manufactured boron cantilever and coil system with Lyra original line-contact (3 x 70μm) stylus. This is similar to what is employed on even the most expensive Lyra models.

Nevertheless, the most important element of the new Kleos is it’s sound. The Kleos is capable of extracting more information from the vinyl grooves than it’s predecessors, and the reproduction of music is more dynamic, more detailed, and more natural than the models preceding it. The Kleos sets a new standard for sonic performance at it’s price point.

Today there are only a small handful of master cartridge builders in the world, and Lyra’s Yoshinori Mishima belongs to this elite group of individuals that are capable of crafting the highest level MC transducers on the planet. His assistant Akiko Ishiyama, who has undergone several years of apprenticeship, is also involved in the building process leading to each Kleos. The Kleos is not only hand made, but each cartridge is listened to extensively and “voiced” by the master cartridge builder, like the finest musical instruments.

Lyra offers a unique combination of capable, advanced cartridge design by Jonathan Carr and complete handmade execution. Investing in a Lyra Kleos offers an unparallelled analog experience from stereo microgroove vinyl records.

Lyra has a range cartridge starting at the affordable Delos ($2195) to the Atlas SL Lambda MC ($14,295). Wondrous purity.