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I've mounted my DL-103D in medium- and low-mass arms

Posted by mr.bear on August 27, 2013 at 14:24:21:
It has performed admirably. It is apparently well damped so as to be comfortable in a broad range of effective masses. It sounded, to my ear, happiest in my old Grace G-840 S-shaped arm in big DD tables-- also Denon's. The effect of the Grace/Denon combo-- smooth wide-spaced gimbal bearings and rigid mounting to a massive platform-- seem to yield the 'blackest' background. The only time it ever sounded at all dull was in a Denon integrated TT/arm. A very good all-around cartridge-- it rocks, as well as rendering classical music with brilliant inner life and detail. Worth re-tipping when one looks at the current market I'd say, given your positive experience with re-tipping.

I am preparing to mount a New Old Stock Denon DL-305 on my big rig(Denon DL-75 + DA-401 arm in an original VPI base) and give my current cart (Dyna XX) a couple year's rest. I bought the 305 based on memory from approximately 1980 of how lovely it sounded in a dealer's Luxman arm/table. I will report the results here- this is SURELY the only place on earth that anyone would read a review of a 30+ year-old phonograph cartridge!