My blog post on the Ortofon 2m Bronze, a Moving Magnet cartridge, described its lack of body and musicality. In my opinion, I found it analytical to a fault. My Denon DL-103R, a Low Output Moving Coil cartridge, is mounted to my KAB Modded Technics SL-1210 with a stock cardas rewired tonearm, silicon trough, strobe disabler, separate power supply, a 5mm Funk Achromat mat, and a VPI center weight. My SL-1210 feeds an Allnic AUT-2000 step-up transformer that feeds my Harman Kardon Citation 1 which feeds my McCormack DNA-500 which amplifies my Focal Utopia Diva Be speakers. The 103R combined with the Allnic step-up is a combo made in Heaven. The Allnic SUT features 4 levels of gain, 22, 26, 28 and 32db by the rotation of a switch. I use 28 for the 103R. It is encased in a 5.5lb CNC milled aluminum chassis representing an art form that equals its sonic benefits. The sound is simply stunning. The 103R is full-bodied, dynamic, mellifluous, harmonically textured, holographic, and will envelop you in an experience as opposed to a soundstage. In contradistinction to the Ortofon 2m Bronze, the Denon DL-103R delivers a "Musicality" that will inextricably connect the most "Discriminating Listener".
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Jack Gilvey
2/24/2013 01:34:02 am
Nice write-up. I've got 103R on a KAB SL-1200 Mk.II with the same mods run into a Bob's Devices CineMag SUT (original red 3440 model) and have no desire whatsoever to change a thing. Love it. It's music.
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