Titan i

About the Titan i

The Lyra Titan i is a premium moving coil phono cartridge designed by Yoshinori Mishima and Jonathan Carr. It features a fully nude, machined titanium alloy body crafted using electrical discharge machining to minimize mechanical stresses and resonances. The titanium body provides superior rigidity and channels vibrations away from the signal generator area to the tonearm, reducing distortion and resonance. The cantilever is a diamond-coated solid boron rod with a Lyra original natural diamond line-contact stylus (3 x 70 micrometers profile), mounted directly to the titanium body with a double-knife-edge cold weld joint for maximum mechanical energy transfer and minimal distortion. The cartridge uses two symmetrical neodymium disc magnets to create a symmetrical magnetic field, eliminating distortions from conventional polepieces. It is a low-impedance (5.5 ohms), low-output (0.5 mV) cartridge with a frequency response of 10 Hz to 50 kHz and channel separation of 35 dB or better at 1 kHz. Recommended tracking force is 1.65 to 1.75 grams. The Titan i is noted for its excellent tracking ability, transient response, sonic consistency, and very low distortion, delivering a sound that brings the listener closer to live music. It weighs approximately 10.5 grams in its latest iteration and is highly demanding of tonearm quality for optimal performance.