Olympos Mono

About the Olympos Mono

The Lyra Olympos Mono is a rare, high-performance moving coil phono cartridge designed specifically for monaural vinyl playback. It retains a traditional single magnet with fore and aft polepiece structure, a unique feature among Lyra cartridges. The Olympos Mono features a diamond-coated boron rod cantilever and a Lyra original line-contact nude diamond stylus with a 3 x 70 micrometer profile. It offers a frequency range of 10 Hz to 50 kHz, channel separation of 35 dB or better at 1 kHz, and an output voltage of approximately 0.3 mV at 5 cm/sec. The cartridge weighs 13.5 grams without the stylus cover and has a recommended tracking force between 1.6 and 1.75 grams. Its compliance is approximately 12 x 10^-6 cm/dyne at 100 Hz, and it is recommended to be loaded with an impedance between 100 ohms and 47 kohms. The distance from the centerline through mounting holes to the stylus tip is 9.5 mm. The Olympos Mono is noted for its exceptional depth, tonality, and ability to make speakers 'melt away,' delivering a pure and immersive musical experience. It is produced in very limited quantities and is considered a collector's item.