No, I am not saying that the Denon 103 series cartridges are too light to sound good in the Rega and Technics arms. "Good" is a subjective term, and many uses these cartridges with these arms and find the resulting sound "good". What I am saying is that the primary resonance is too high in these arms and bass response is not optimized, which is a bit more scientific than "good". If you listen to a 103 in an arm with under 10 grams effective mass, and one over 15 grams effective mass, you will hear for yourself the fully developed bass, free of the primary resonance in the later.
Budget MC Cartridge and Synergy
Hi all, I am interested in discussion on Low output cartridges, .3-.6mv output, that are priced up to $500.00.
Some of the usual suspects are Audio Technica OC9MLII, Denon 103,Denon 103R,Grado Statement Sonata, Benz Micro MC Gold,Ortofon HMC30. Let us know your favourites, what types of systems they worked best with be it Horns, Tubes, Solid State. The phono stage and settings that worked the best with them. The more detail the better we can learn. If there are some disapointments let us know about that as well. If you don't think any are good enouph and that it is worth it to pay for a higher priced model let us know and what you suggest. I personally have a Moon LP5.3 phono, a Thorens TD160HD with RB250 and technoweight, modded Technics M5G, run through a tube integrated(GF RITA-880) with Klipsch Cornwall III Speakers. I am wanting to figure out which of these cartridges might have the best synergy with my system (with the Thorens)and/or if I should be looking at something that cost more. look forward to your opinions. Thanks
Some of the usual suspects are Audio Technica OC9MLII, Denon 103,Denon 103R,Grado Statement Sonata, Benz Micro MC Gold,Ortofon HMC30. Let us know your favourites, what types of systems they worked best with be it Horns, Tubes, Solid State. The phono stage and settings that worked the best with them. The more detail the better we can learn. If there are some disapointments let us know about that as well. If you don't think any are good enouph and that it is worth it to pay for a higher priced model let us know and what you suggest. I personally have a Moon LP5.3 phono, a Thorens TD160HD with RB250 and technoweight, modded Technics M5G, run through a tube integrated(GF RITA-880) with Klipsch Cornwall III Speakers. I am wanting to figure out which of these cartridges might have the best synergy with my system (with the Thorens)and/or if I should be looking at something that cost more. look forward to your opinions. Thanks
7 responses Add your response