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In Reply to: 103R and the power of persuation... posted by Pappas3278 on April 7, 2007 at 11:36:28:
Give it a while to loosen up. I was underwhelmed with mine for the first 40 hours or so.While many experiment with different loadings, I have maintained mine at 100 ohms and witnessed changes to its sound by other means. I have changed turntables and tonearms. It seemed to come more alive on a Thorens TD124 than it had on a Teres 145. The arm is an Express Machining RB250 (all the mods)
VTA:
The angle of the cantilever below this cartridge body isn't the same as most modern cartridges. It's about 15 degrees. A more common angle is 20 degrees. What this means is that VTA settings that have worked well for other cartridges may not apply with the 103R.
In the above photo I had the VTA set to what I thought was a dead-level adjustment. Sound was laid-back and uninteresting. Also the cartridge didn't have many hours on it when this photo was taken.
What I have found is that mine seems to start coming alive, soundwise, in a nose down attitude. Too much nose-down and it starts picking up surface noise, too little nose down angle and the sound goes laid-back and lifeless.
Above image is a Shelter 501 type 2. Compare the angle of the cantilever in this shot to that of the Denon. It's obvious and that should be a clue.
Just a few notes on what I've noticed while using the DL103R.
-Steve
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Follow Ups
- Re: 103R and the power of persuation... - user510 12:37:17 04/07/07 (6)
- i can hear VTA adjustments clearly with my 103 - centaurus3200 10:36:12 04/08/07 (0)
- nose down. - OMalley 13:34:39 04/07/07 (4)
- no difference - OMalley 13:40:20 04/07/07 (3)
- Re: 5 degrees difference? nt - user510 13:43:14 04/07/07 (2)
- I can't go any higher now without taking the arm lift off. - OMalley 14:08:06 04/07/07 (1)
- Re: my initial take - user510 14:36:58 04/07/07 (0)
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