Denon DL-103R Moving Coil Cartridge

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Acoustic & Classical Guitar Parts

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Denon DL-103R Moving Coil Cartridge

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

I find this one quite satisfying. Once broken in you can expect to be quite amazed. Reproduction is warm (not overly so) and detailed. But not much else is wrong.

The dl-103r sounds as good or better any cartridge i've put on my linn lp12. I also have an audio technica oc9 ii and it also is more transparent and also costlier. Adding weight at the headshell in a light arm is a must.

It has plenty of treble, just not quite as much air as skinnier shapes of needles. After proper set-up the cartridge sounds open and detailed without harshness. Delivers, an amazing sound stage.

I have mine going into step up transformers from k&k and from there into a fully compatible phono stage from jolida (jd-109) do yourself a favor and buy this cartridge, especially if you already have a phono input capable of handling a moving coil... Read More

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Highlights

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Quality

Stunning quality for a comparatively low price

But its not rocket science i am extremely pleased with the nad preamp very quiet and all natural sound reproductionamplificat... Read More

Ive compared exotic cables with decent quality low priced cables and couldnt hear any differences

I went with the denon dl 123r and it has worked like a charm for the last two years

Price

Wanted this for quite a while and finally ordered it when the price unexpectedly dropped well below 300

I highly recommend it at any price

I see the price is a bit higher now

Dont let the price tag fool you

Packaging/appearance

Great cartridge right out of the box

In my case i took a technics sl1205 m5g and mounted weights on the headshell and corresponding counterbalance weights on the ba... Read More

Competitiveness

Having gotten back into vinyl in the past five years i started off with a uturn orbit plus turntable with a ortofon om5e cartridge

Id used a dl103 for several years and bought this as an upgrade along with a schiit mani phonostage

I pulled a clearaudio 500 buck cartridge out to test this and i prefer the denon sound

I later upgraded to a teac 550n which comes with what teac calls a audiotechnica at100e equivalent cartridge

Overview

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Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 75.1% of the reviews are reliable.

This product had a total of 97 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 24 2022.