aks2600 Posted April 30, 2024 Posted April 30, 2024 (edited) Lyra Etna SL moving coil cartridge Exceptional sounding cart in excellent condition. Transparent, detailed and musical. Purchased new from Melbourne distributor. I will not guess hours but has been used sparingly when friends come to listen etc. Attached Pic of stylus tip reflects low use. Reviews, user comments all hold the Etna in extremely high regard, hard to beat. Happy to demonstrate, welcome to bring your own vinyl. https://hifiplus.com/articles/lyra-etna-sl-moving-coil-cartridge/ https://medialux.blog/2019/06/17/lyra-etna-a-pristine-beauty/ SPECIFICATIONS FOR ETNA SL • Designer: Jonathan Carr • Builder: Yoshinori Mishima (final build, testing), Akiko Ishiyama (preliminary build) • Type: Medium weight, medium compliance, low-impedance, low-output moving coil cartridge • Stylus: 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: 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, 6 N high-purity copper, chemically-purified high purity iron X-shaped former, 1.52 ohm self-impedance, 1.9μH inductance • Output voltage: 0.25 mV@5 cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees (CBS test record, other test records may alter results) • Frequency range: 10 Hz-50 kHz • Channel separation: 35 dB or better at 1 kHz • Compliance: Approx. 12 X10 cm/dyne at 100 Hz • Vertical tracking angle: 20 degrees • Cartridge body: Multi-material (titanium, duralumin, bronze, stainless steel) self-clamping construction with reduced-surface higher-pressure headshell contact area, predominately non-parallel shaping, phase-interference resonance-controlling mechanisms, body threaded for mounting screws • Cartridge mounting screws: 2.6 mm 0.45 pitch JIS standard • Distance from mounting holes to stylus tip: 9.52mm • Cartridge weight (without stylus cover): 9.2g • Recommended tracking force: 1.65 ~ 1.78g (1.72g recommended) • Recommended load directly into MC phono input: Determine by listening, • 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 • Recommended tonearms: High-quality pivoted or linear tangential tonearms with rigid bearing(s), adjustable anti-skating force, preferably VT Edited April 30, 2024 by aks2600 3 1
denimhunter Posted April 30, 2024 Posted April 30, 2024 A fine cartridge in really fine condition.. Retail for 15000 retail in Australia! GLWTS 1
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