Phono cartridge for classic rock

I agree with Downunder ... give the DL-103 a try. I find it fantastic with rock but I do wish it tracked heavily modulated inner grooves better. You may find it acceptable, however.

If the Denon doesn't do it for you, I would suggest the best Dynavector you can afford, or, if your system is slightly on the warm side and isn't overly analytical (I'm not familiar with your gear...) the previously mentioned AT-150MLx.

Listening to my Shelter 901 with Zepplin II spinning, sounds great!

Denon 103R

I also agree with the Blackbird. Worked nicely on both my HW-19 with audioquest arm as well as on my TNT w/ SME-V arm. I am replacing it with a Benz Glider since I broke my Blackbird. I will have it retipped at Soundsmith tho. In comparison, the Glider is a bit more detailed on the upper end and digs as deep if not a little deeper than the Blackbird on the low end. while the Blackbird has a bit less groove noise and masks the cliks/pops a bit better. I am running this into a Wright Pre and Transcendent amps. I listed to mostly blues and blues oriented rock, a little jazz now and then mostly for the audiophile quality recording.

I definitely agree with Vinyladdict.

But do you ever wonder if this picking behaviour arise from your ECP1 phono and ECI3 integrated ?
Jmcgrogan2 has give you a good point of today's Hi-Fi logic.
The success for a system is to uplevel the average recordings to an acceptable average.
Some SS combinations they tend to prefer DD tables to reveal their nature & express their capabilities. (ie. Goldmund)

George