Lyra Kleos kleos
Beskrivelse
The Kleos 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. We firmly believe that the Kleos is capable of extracting more information from the vinyl grooves than it’s predecessors, and that the reproduction of music is both more dynamic, more detailed, and more natural than the models preceding it. We also are of the opinion that the Kleos will set 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 by the above mentioned individuals. Investing in a Lyra Kleos through an authorized retailer will offer you an unparallelled analog experience from your stereo microgroove vinyl records.
Designer Jonathan Carr
Builder Yoshinori Mishima (final build, testing), Akiko Ishiyama (preliminary build)
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 Solid boron rod with short one-point wire suspension, directly mounted into cartridge body
Coils 2-layer deep, 6N high-purity copper, square-shaped chemically-purified high-purity iron former, 5.4ohm self-impedance, 9.0uH inductance
Output voltage 0.5mV@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. 12×10-6cm/dyne at 100Hz
Vertical tracking angle 20 degrees
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
Cartridge mounting screws 2.6mm 0.45 pitch JIS standard
Distance from mounting holes to stylus tip 9.5mm
Cartridge weight (without stylus cover) 8.8g
Recommended tracking force 1.65 - 1.75g (1.72g recommended)
Recommended load directly into MC phono input 95.3ohm ~ 816ohm (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
