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In Reply to: RE: Denon 301 Mk II - Holy Cow! posted by flood2 on October 27, 2014 at 15:10:05:
> Just out of interest, how does the sound of the DL-S1 differ from the DL-301?
I don't really know. It has been more than 10-years since I played the DL-301/II and I haven't listened to a recording in a very long time. I put the DL-301/II on my Thorens after playing my original AT-OC9 for about five years. I thought the two sounded very similar. The AT-OC9 had a solid beryllium cantilever and a hyper-elliptical stylus whereas the DL-301/II had a hollow aluminum cantilever and a special elliptical stylus. A friend who had some of my recordings said he thought the AT-OC9 sounded just a bit better than the DL-301/II but I thought they sounded almost identical.
The DL-S1 in my system when loaded heavily sounds really nice, smooth, detailed and very musical. If not loaded heavily it sounds bright and a bit strident in the highs. I didn't like it at first until I tried loading it with 20-ohms and that did the trick for me. Unfortunately, it is a very low output cartridge and when loaded with 20-ohms it needs a phono section with at least 75-dB gain. The high-gain setting on my XOno provides 75-dB gain.
It also sounds good with a Bob's Devices CM-1131 SUT, which loads it pretty heavily in its 1:40 turns-ratio configuration. That's what I use when playing it in my Technics SL-1200 Mk2 turntable with a Yaqin MS-22B MM phono stage. It really sound good using that SUT.
Best regards,
John Elison
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