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In Reply to: Fun with 25 year old Audio Technica Cartridge posted by creativepart on September 12, 2006 at 12:10:30:
Currently using a Grace F9E (ca. 1982?) on Garrard 401 w/Scheu Tacco arm. Waiting for a Denon 103R, however, and looking forward to seeing what I might be missing (top end transients, upper range of piano, and tracking of warped discs not what I would like). The old cart has hundreds (1000s?) of hours on it, as it was in regular use for about 10 years, and has been in storage for the past 13 or so.
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My old AT cartridge replaced a Denon DL103D and it's surprising how competitive the two are. In fact, I would say this AT is competitive with a Shelter 501 MKII, as well.Has the suspension on your old Grace cart held up over all these years? On this 1981 AT the suspension is on the stylis, so by putting on a new stylis today I also put on a whole new suspension too.
What the AT does well is bass and mids... but, I'd say that the treble is a bit exagerated. It's nice and extended, but its not all that balanced. Imaging is good and separation is excellent. Plus tracking is good. The last MM cartridge I tried was a $600 Rega Exact and this blows that cartridge right out of the water.
Here's a thought too, maybe my phonostage does a better job with a mid level output MM cartridge than it did with a really low output MC cartridge like the Denon.
My phonostage has 60 db of gain for MC carts what kind of gain have you got for you DL103R that's coming?
Paul
I think the F9E suspension is a bit crusty, as it no longer does a very good job at tracking warps, even at the max recommended tracking force.I've got one of the $109 Denon transformers coming along with the 103R. Will be going into an old Monolithic PSb phono pre.
That should work. I had a "R" with a new Monolithic Monolithic PS-1 with HC-1b power supply. It worked OK, but was sensitive to power suply hum depending on where you put the unit.It was a bit shy on gain, so the transformer should help.
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