Vinyl Asylum: fish 2, by gware

Note that MM has a good point about the MC/MM input compatability of the Denon and Dynavector
The Denon DL-301II of these 3 Cartridges would come the closest to being most neutral and is a step-up the ladder from the DL-103R.
By "most neutral" I mean that it is capable of reproducing a wide range of music without inflecting too much character of its own; I've always found the Dynavectors a little clinical, tho' very detailed, the 103R will deliver 90% of the 301II but is a little "slower" with transients and Bass and more forgiving of tonearm and equipment (in it's 103R form anyway)
Given that your T/T and arm are a particularly nice one, you'd likely be best off with the DL-301II as there is no price variance with the 103R, at least not in Japan(!)
Specification of the DL-301II is;
0.4mV output with 33 Ohm loading. 13 x 10-6 dyne compliance, freq. rsponse up to 60,000Hz, more headroom than the 103R
I would caution you two things with these; they track at 1.4 gms +- 0.2 gms so they don't allow the variance of tracking weight that many other Cartridges do, and finding the "sweet spot" on setup will take you a little more time to setup as a result
It will be worth it. The lack of character is a little bit like a "Lexus"; does nothing wrong so at first take it's boring, in the long run it will play everything well, so my bet is you'll enjoy it, especially if your taste in music is varied. Denons comment on their website: This Cartridge likes BEAT!
It does, but not at the expense of musicality
Denon Cartridges can't be touched at their price point by any other manufacturer (all IMHO)
Hope that helps!
Eric
Tokyo

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