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Lyra Skala

Lyra designer Jonathan Carr does it again! Introducing the 5th Generation of Lyra Cartridge design: The Lyra Skala! The Skala is a major advance in phono cartridge technology. Material selection, body design and stylus/cantilever assembly have all been thoroughly improved. The voicing of this new cartridge is much more natural and closer in tonality to the Lyra Titan. Our highest recommendation

At first listen, you will instantly hear a tremendous sense of dynamics with incredible amounts of fine, low-level musical detail. The Skala combines this incredible detail retrieval with a tremendous sense of warmth and musicality. What’s even more astounding is the noise level of this cartridge; it’s almost undetectable! This is the most natural sounding, quietest phono cartridge ever to come form Lyra. You will hear deeper into every recording you play!

Review:

Lyra Skala - Michael Fremer, Stereophile March 2007

In terms of tone and, especially, texture and harmonics, the Skala has more in common with the Titan i then with the Helikon- and its better then the Helikon in every way. Designer Jonathan carr's evolutionary approach to his revolutionary, still in production, fourth-generation helikon has resulted in an exceptionally fine cartridge in the Skala, that adds a plush, enriching, velvety smoothness to the Helikon's presentation without diminishing in any way its speedy transient attack, finely detailed textures, three dimensional spatial presentation, and tonal neutrality.

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