Lyra Dorian retipping

[gerlando]

Dear all,
could anyone suggest me which is the best (and less expensive...) solution for retipping a Lyra Dorian cartridge?

Thank you and best regards.
Mauro

 

[Cookstown]

Expert Stylus Co, a bit slow but worth the wait.
Email: [email protected] .

 

[hifi_dave]

Or you can p/x against another Lyra and save 25%.

 

[Martyn Miles]

Expert Stylus Co, a bit slow but worth the wait.
Email: [email protected] .

Excellent service.
My old Entre 1 MC recently had a new stylus.
They clean and check everything for you.

Martyn.

 

[Shuggie]

Expert Stylus Co, a bit slow but worth the wait.
Email: [email protected] .

ESCo are fine as long as their Paratrace tip is what you want. I seem to recall that Goldring are good for Lyra repairs.

 

[Mike Reed]

I'd go with HiFi Dave's route; px it. A re-tip etc is likely to cost north of £300, be a longish wait and won't be quite the original Dorian. As far as I can remember, this was an inexpensive cart. anyway (maybe bottom of the range?) and hardly worth refurbishing; unless it had done very few hours and was the consequence of an accident, of course.

To px against that bargain of the Lyra range, the Delos, you'll save 25% (if it's still that). Bit of a no-brainer, to me.

 

[Bob McC]

Bargain it may be but the Delos costs the best part of £1000, pre trade in.

 

[smoking-rob]

Gerlando, check out this:
http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=174083

He'll sort you out in no time and is highly expertized.

 

[James]

ESCo are fine as long as their Paratrace tip is what you want. I seem to recall that Goldring are good for Lyra repairs.

Does anyone know the minor/major radii of Paratrace compared with Lyra's 2.5um x 75um?

 

[Robert]

Does anyone know the minor/major radii of Paratrace compared with Lyra's 2.5um x 75um?

It will be different James.

Only Namiki microline and the Lyra specified profiles go that fine on the minor radius. Van den Hul's Type 1S is very fine but I think he reserves those for his own top models.

It's an important consideration and key to the crisp and clean HF from the Lyra cartridges, and for that reason I'd be inclined to PX it for a new Lyra.

 

[Martyn Miles]

ESCo are fine as long as their Paratrace tip is what you want. I seem to recall that Goldring are good for Lyra repairs.

I understand Expert can fit styli with different profiles,
if the customer requests.

 

[sq225917]

Goldring would be the obvious choice, David was the Linn service agent when they did retips and linn carts being Lyra derived...

 

[James]

It will be different James.

Only Namiki microline and the Lyra specified profiles go that fine on the minor radius. Van den Hul's Type 1S is very fine but I think he reserves those for his own top models.

It's an important consideration and key to the crisp and clean HF from the Lyra cartridges, and for that reason I'd be inclined to PX it for a new Lyra.

That's what I suspect, and my inclination too.