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RE: Why Does The Denon DL-103/103R Sound So Magical?

"Nice looking 124. I always thought the Graham arm was low mass and might not be a great match up to a 103? I am also a unipivot arm fan, will be trying a Well Tempered Reference on my 124 soon."

The Graham is around 12gram effective mass. It is also quite adaptable and can gain mass by adding weight over the cartridge end. It also comes with a counterweight add-on ring that neatly bolts in place.

The ebony body adds mass giving a total cartridge weight of 11.5 grams.


I can further add weight over the cartridge if I want to. In short, the only trick the Graham arm can't do is get lighter.

Further, the Graham handles cartridge vibes extremely well.

The Denon behaves itself and it sounds quite good in this arm like this. If I want I can add a headweight to further tune to get the arm/cartridge system resonance lower. This last time, I did not feel like adding the head weight. It isn't hugely fussy.

I can add or subtract damping fluid in the Graham. (Graham uises a kind of silicon grease, blue stuff) With heavier less compliant LOMC cartridges, I use a somewhat larger amount of damping goo within the unipivot assembly.

-Steve



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