SOLD offering a Lyra Argo i in very good condition. Originally sold for $1500. Not sure how many hours on it (hundreds) but it still sounds very good! I guarantee that it will work well, or I will buy it back. I just installed a new non Lyra cart, hence the sale. One great thing about this cart is that you can trade it towards another Lyra model, or even a non Lyra cartridge. I just contacted "The Needle Doctor" and was told that I could get $350 towards the purchase of a Lyra Delos or over $600 towards the purchase of a Kleos. Also, your local dealer would likely offer similar deals as well. Either one would make up for the cost of this cartridge, if you were to upgrade in the future.
Argo i specifications:
Type: Moving Coil, low-impedance, low-output, medium compliance
Frequency range: 10Hz ~ 50kHz
Channel separation: 30dB or better at 1kHz
Cantilever system: Solid boron rod with line-contact stylus (3 x 70 micrometers profile)
Internal impedance: 4ohms
Output voltage: 0.45mV (5.0cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees at 1kHz)
Cartridge weight (without stylus cover): 6.5g
Compliance: Approx. 12 x 10-6 cm/dyne at 100Hz
Recommended tracking force: 1.7 ~ 1.8g
Recommended load: Into non-inverting RIAA equalizer amplifier or head-amplifier: 10ohms ~ 47kohms
