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I have no personal experience with a Marcof...

Posted by EdAInWestOC (A) on August 25, 2011 at 08:39:29

In Reply to: RE: The DL-103D is a medium compliance... posted by jimdgoulding@yahoo.com on August 25, 2011 at 08:19:26:

But there are a lot of modified 103/103Rs around. The Zu is a relatively new example of a hotrodded 103/103R. The problem with the 103/103R is the conical stylus. Some people call this sound romantic or lush but I call it limited.

The generator in the 103/103R is quite a bit more capable than the stylus. The limiting factor is thankfully an easy fix. The same Zu bodied cartridge with a nice cantilever and stylus is a much better cartridge than the conical stylus and aluminum cantilever is capable of showing.

IMO if someone needs the conical stylus to make their system sound good, they have more serious problems than a 103 can fix. Ideally a system should be able to take the extra detail that a retipped 103 can resolve without sounding too analytical. If not its time for reexaming the components that someone is using.

At least that's my opinion,
Ed
Life is analog...digital is just samples thereof

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