Lyra Kleos SL Moving Coil Cartridge
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£3,095.00
- Product Code: Kleos SL
Lyra Kleos SL Moving Coil Cartridge
LYRA KLEOS SL ("Single Layer" low-impedance, low-output model)
This is a special, built-to-order, version of Lyra Kleos for expert users with very high-gain, extra low noise phono stages, or alternatively a step-up transformer designed for phono cartridges of 2 - 3 ohms or less.
Most users (and phono stages) will benefit from the regular Kleos with much higher output and considerably more energy; resulting in a much better signal-to-noise ratio. If you are in doubt about which version of Kleos that will work best in your system, please go with the regular Kleos.
The Lyra Kleos SL may provide extra pure and pristine sound from an audio system that is optimized for a low-impedance, low-output cartridge. However, this may be accompanied with a lesser level of energy and power.
Lyra nevertheless has decided to offer SL models, for those who are confident that they can extract the benefits from such a low-output MC phono cartridge.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR KLEOS SL
• Designer: Jonathan Carr
• Builder: Yoshinori Mishima (final build, testing), Akiko Ishiyama (preliminary build).
The Lyra cartridges are special order.
| Analogue - Cartridges | |
| Type | Medium weight, medium compliance, low-impedance, low-output moving coil cartridge |
| Cartridge Body | One-piece machining from solid 7075 alloy billet, with reduced-surface higher-pressure headshell contact area, partially non-parallel shaping, phase-interference resonance-controlling mechanism, and body threaded directly for mounting screws |
| Stylus Type | Lyra-designed long-footprint variable-radius line-contact nude diamond (3um x 70um profile, block dimensions 0.08 x 0.12 x 0.5mm), slot-mounted |
| Cantilever System | Solid boron rod with short one-point wire suspension, directly mounted into cartridge body |
| Output Voltage | 0.25mV@5cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees (CBS test record, other test records may alter results) |
| Frequency Range | 10Hz ~ 50kHz |
| Tracking Force (Recommended) | 1.65 ~ 1.78g (1.72g recommended) |
| Compliance | Approx. 12x10-6cm/dyne at 100Hz |
| Vertical Tracking Angle | 20 degrees |
| Weight - Cartridge | (without stylus cover): 8.8g |
| Analogue - MC Step Up Transformer | |
| Recommended Load Impedance | Recommended load via step-up transformer: Use a step-up transformer designed for 2 - 3 ohms cartridge impedance. The transformer output must be connected to standard 47kohm MM-level RIAA input, preferably via short, low-capacitance cable |
