Lyra’s exquisite phono cartridges are the
beautiful result of a collaboration between a remarkable trio: Jonathan
Carr, the American conceptualizer and designer, Yoshinori Mishima, the
Japanese master-craftsman whose watchful eye ensures state-of-the-art
manufacturing and assembly, and Norwegian Stig Bjorge, the business
head, who ties the enterprise together. All three share an intense
passion for audio and are fanatical about creating and producing the
most advanced possible phono cartridges. This Tokyo-based team not only
lives on the frontier of design and manufacturing, they are constantly
moving that frontier forward.
Lyra’s mission is to create long lasting
products that combine original thinking, advanced engineering, and ideal
materials application. Lyra’s cartridges are built 100% from the ground
up in Japan, with the artisanal craftsmanship that Japan is revered
for. The result is a family of transducers that extract an unprecedented
level of revealed texture, transparency, and dynamic contrast from an
analog music collection, ensuring maximum immersion and emotional
involvement in the music.
Music can inspire, energize, or relax. Immersion
into our personal music can rejuvenate us, nourish us intellectually
and emotionally, and can stimulate our imaginations. Listening to music
can be an effortless form of meditation. Just like a live performance,
analog playback has a unique ability to allow us to relax, let our guard
down, and to disappear into the music and ourselves. Lyra phono
cartridges provide a direct and transparent conduit to the music waiting
for us in our LP collection. It is with these objectives in mind that
Lyra presents its latest works of art.
