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Audio MusiKraft Denon DL-103 tunable phonograph cartridge... The first word describing this design that hit me was "overkill." But the phrase "A Bridge Too Far" is just right: an act or plan whose ambition overreaches its capability, leading to difficulty or failure.
The basic idea starts off interesting- a variety of materials for interchangeable bodies. But it goes nuts from there... The notion of tightening screws to somehow pre-stress the metal cartridge body, which presumably causes strains on the cartridge mounted therein, seems pretty unhealthy for the cartridge. Then I saw the little flakes of different species of wood that can be inserted in the sides. THEN- you fine-tune the wood flakes with furniture polish! I firmly believe these actions are roughly equivalent to placing little stones on your amplifier cabinets. i.e. pure woo-woo.
Their prices for the basic units aren't too crazy: $300 for A DL103, $50 to mod it for insertion into their body, $250 or so for the basic body. All in, it runs $600 bux. The little woodchip-holder variants run around around grand though. I hope someone pops for one so we can see a review.
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Topic - A Bridge Too Far? - mr.bear 22:18:33 11/5/17 (15)
- RE: A Bridge Too Far? - blake 16:47:57 11/6/17 (0)
- RE: A Bridge Too Far? - Lew 15:43:52 11/6/17 (0)
- Also Jeff Day (jeffsplace.me) is trying it out /nt/ - Jeff Maxson 14:16:03 11/6/17 (1)
- Such a great blog!! {nt} - Joe Backer 19:11:49 11/6/17 (0)
- I'm holding out for the change (panels) on the fly option. nt - bjh 13:53:45 11/6/17 (0)
- RE: A Bridge Too Far? - Larry I 05:40:24 11/6/17 (8)
- It's all in the exotic metal names - mr.bear 09:52:52 11/6/17 (6)
- RE: It's all in the exotic metal names - Lew 15:41:08 11/6/17 (4)
- Agree! - Salectric 20:07:27 11/6/17 (2)
- RE: Agree! - Larry I 05:49:39 11/7/17 (1)
- RE: Agree! - Salectric 06:00:43 11/7/17 (0)
- wellll, we can't hear DC! - Timbo in Oz 17:28:13 11/6/17 (0)
- RE: It's all in the exotic metal names - Larry I 10:22:11 11/6/17 (0)
- RE: "double stacked Quad 57s with built-in tube amplifiers and crossovers" - Ivan303 07:53:51 11/6/17 (0)
- Art Dudley / Listening #176 (nt) - cdb 04:39:22 11/6/17 (0)