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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality

Post Subject: dl103 (undead)Posted by c. on: 12/23/2004

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i agree that there are more audiophile cartridges around than the dl103. but except maybe for the ortofon classic, they all have non-spherical stylii. i am sure that a lot of the "air", "space", "bloom" etc. of today's cartridges is actually distortion caused by elliptical, shibata or whatnot stylus forms. even though it's not perfect, the spherical stylus still tracks with less errors than any other stylus shape. this has been proven more than once.

the other thing is quality control. take any modern cartridge and examine it under a microscope. chances are that the stylus is not mounted correctly or that the cantilever isn't straight or or or... ortofon for instance has fairly good quality control on their top models, but certainly not on their spu classic or spu mono. no longer. i had to check five monos until i (accidentally?) found one with acceptable alignment of the elements. the dl103 (the original) is a laudable exception here. denon still has top notch quality control, you can buy any dl103 and mount it to your tonearm w/o worries. everything will be perfectly aligned. (this used to be normal, but needs to be applauded nowadays...)

btw. instead of using plastic washers you can also use a straight piece of copper wire with 0.5 to 0.7 mm diameter (insulation stripped). just place it between the cartridge and the headshell and don't overtighten the screws.

as for andreoli's micro magic cartridges: yes, they begin their lives as denons. but just about everything is changed... stylus, cantilever, magnet etc. and yes, they do sound a lot better than a stock dl103. big surprise...

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