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In Reply to: The Dl-103 was only undynamic in your system because you didn't use it correctly. posted by Garth on August 10, 2006 at 12:22:12:

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I just cannot let disinformation reign supreme....you have to tell me why. - tubesforever 18:44:06 08/10/06 (2)
I have listened to and sold both brands.
What reference do you have directly to both cartridges?
If you do not have direct reference to both please let the readers know that because you are doing them a great injustice.
- I have used the Denon and Dyna in the same system... - J Harris 18:18:13 08/12/06 (0)
  ... but with this caveat, it was the Denon DL-103R versus the Dyna 10x4. I have a Dyna 10x5 at work, and have bought one for a friend. If you do a search, you'll see I'm a big fan of the Dyna.
  However, in my system (and as always, YMMV, synergy is the game), there is NO WAY the Denon could be called lacking in dynamics. Even compared with the springy Dyna. The key, as garth points out, is the varying outputs - low output versus medium output MC. The Denon needs careful, careful attention to partnering equipment to squeeze the best out of that 0.3 minivolts.
  In my experience, step-up transformers are not nearly as dynamic as straight active phono preamplification, even with the potential noise problems, for low-output MCs. The only ones I ever liked were the ones built into my original Ortofon SPU-GT from the early '60s, tiny things built into the headshell. I've tried Audio Note, Jensen, vintage Altec, and Stevens and Billington (i.e. Bent Audio)... and my Aesthetix Io Sig blows 'em all away. Herron users swear the same thing.
  The Denon may be a cheap cheap cartridge, but that's because the R&D costs have long ago been amortized, and because Denon is a huge consumer electronics company that can afford to keep making MCs (and for some reason continues to do so - long may they!!) It deserves to be partnered with the very best equipment out there - and may only truly shine if you do so.
  Patrick (J Harris)
- are theoretical suppositions not valid? - OMalley 18:53:45 08/10/06 (0)
  or how about mathematical excursions that are at variance with direct sonic reception into the subject, which can only then be labeled subjective. Is there are parallax to that?
  you can't believe everything you read, or hear, so I am told. But I am atheistic on the point.
  
  ~Slainte,
  The OMalley

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