Although the plastic base is pretty much flush with
the metal blade where contact is made with the
headshell, the plastic will compress under pressure,
while the blade will not. This allows a limited
degree of azimuth adjustment to be made by the
careful application of different amounts of torque to
left and right mounting screws. Extreme care should
be taken to tighten both mounting screws gradually
and evenly, a little at a time. Over cranking one
screw and then doing the same for the other could
result in an unintentional change to the azimuth. The
drilled holes in the plastic body are themselves
lined with metal jackets to receive the mounting
screws securely.
The magnetic system in the Skala is the same non-polepiece twin-disc direct-magnet system also used in most other LYRA models. However the body shape has been even more heavily carved away in the area of the magnet than any previous model– even more than on the Titan. This results in fewer eddy currents in a very sensitive area of the cartridge. New elements are a new non-conductive and non-magnetic front magnet carrier, a new cantilever system, a new output pin design, and a new output-pin carrier. The stylus guard is the same grooved slide-on type that has proven so successful on the other LYRA models.
The magnetic system in the Skala is the same non-polepiece twin-disc direct-magnet system also used in most other LYRA models. However the body shape has been even more heavily carved away in the area of the magnet than any previous model– even more than on the Titan. This results in fewer eddy currents in a very sensitive area of the cartridge. New elements are a new non-conductive and non-magnetic front magnet carrier, a new cantilever system, a new output pin design, and a new output-pin carrier. The stylus guard is the same grooved slide-on type that has proven so successful on the other LYRA models.
SKALA Specifications:
Frequency range: 10 Hz - 50 kHz
Cantilever system: Boron rod cantilever, and natural diamond, Ogura-manufactured, LYRA original line-contact stylus (3 x 70 micrometers profile).
Channel separation: 35 dB or better at 1kHz
Internal impedance: 5.5 ohms
Output voltage: 0.5 mV (5.0cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees)
Cartridge weight (without stylus cover): 9 g
Compliance: Approx. 12 x 10-6 cm/dyne at 100Hz
Centerline through mounting holes to stylus tip: 9.5 mm
Recommended tracking force: 1.6 - 1.75 g
Recommended impedance: 100 ohms to 47 kohm
Frequency range: 10 Hz - 50 kHz
Cantilever system: Boron rod cantilever, and natural diamond, Ogura-manufactured, LYRA original line-contact stylus (3 x 70 micrometers profile).
Channel separation: 35 dB or better at 1kHz
Internal impedance: 5.5 ohms
Output voltage: 0.5 mV (5.0cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees)
Cartridge weight (without stylus cover): 9 g
Compliance: Approx. 12 x 10-6 cm/dyne at 100Hz
Centerline through mounting holes to stylus tip: 9.5 mm
Recommended tracking force: 1.6 - 1.75 g
Recommended impedance: 100 ohms to 47 kohm
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