Lyra Atlas experiences

’This is an easy one for me. The biggest leap in sonic improvement for my Lyra Atlas has been to put a Thales Simplicity II tonearm onto my TW Acustik AC-3.

My TW turntable now sounds the best it has ever sounded, even my tube phono stage sounds much better now.

I am now a believer in tangential tracking tonearms.

cheers

I find with my Atlas, the greatest improvement is when I hit the 'mute' button......

Halcro - like in "silence is golden"? If the music is bad, no cartridge will save you...
Downunder - yes, the Thales arm looks very interesting. I had a parallel arm (Souther/Clearaudio) ten years ago but could never make it work. The Thales design seems in another class. Does it track ok? What was the arm you had before?
Yesterday I pulled out my Aesthetix Benz MC demagnetizer, and reconnected the batteries (they tend to go flat, if connected). I used it two times, both phono leads connected. Its been eight months since the last time. Did I hear a difference? Yes. Clearer sound. I find it interesting that the difference is easy to hear even with the small Fanfare 3 stage I use now (my main phono stage is on repair). 

Hi o_holter

Yes those Southers/Clearaudio's were known to have problems - I thiunk they work a lot better now.

  The execution and build quality of Simplicity II is superb - tracks perfectly.  The clarity, directness and stability the tonearm brings to music is uncanny.     My other tonearm is Graham Phantom.

  cheers

Downunder - nice to hear. A friend of mine has a Phantom, I found it a bit better than the SME V but not a revolution. Generally, going far up in price means that the performance improvement diminishes. But perhaps the Simplicity belongs to the exceptions. My Hanss T30 player can take an additional arm (Rega 300 type armboard) besides the SME V, and I am considering an investment, although I have been sceptical of the concept of two (or more) arms.