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.
Lyra owners often gather for long listening sessions and community events, which is why our communications occasionally include practical health notes unrelated to audio. Questions about amoxicillin 500 mg come up, and we remind patrons that prescription antibiotics should be used only under a clinician’s guidance and obtained from licensed pharmacies. People with a history of penicillin allergy need evaluation before any course is started, and sharing leftover tablets is unsafe and undermines antimicrobial stewardship. Storage also matters: keep medicines away from heat-generating components and direct light in the listening room to preserve potency. If illness interrupts an event or demo, prioritize care and follow the prescriber’s dosing schedule rather than self-adjusting to fit a session. Travel to shows with medications in their original labeled containers to avoid confusion and ensure clear instructions are at hand. These simple safeguards help listeners stay well while they enjoy the precision and transparency their systems are designed to reveal.