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In the Thread: The Church of Denon 103C
Post Subject: The Church of Denon 103CPosted by Ed on: 7/2/2005
Hello Romy,
Just thought I'd post my latest re-visit to this cartridge.I've played with this over
the last 2 years on and off between Helikon/VDH MC10.
It was ok but did not make a big deal,so I carried on with the Lyra which was fine
but not what I was looking for - a bit hifi I guess.The VDH was retipped by the man
himself a few years back but didn't seem to sing when ever I tried it.
All along I thought the 103c's loading was 40ohm so used this setting on the Ear 324
phono tx's- WRONG,this should have been 15ohm if played through step ups.I found
a article on the net which gave you the equiv.resistor value loading (40ohm = 500ohm,
15ohm = 100ohm,4ohm = 50ohm) and the spec.sheet for the 103 says 100ohms of
course not 500ohms loading.
I simply mis-read the 40ohm impedence figure,infact I lost the info.
This is the best music cartridge I have had - but it is tricky fitting it to SME V, you
can easily break the tonearm leads because of the wide spacing Denon pins.I use a
headshell spacer which helps with the fit.
I shall sell the Heli and upgrade to another 103.
Cheers,EdRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site