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Denon DL-103SA Phono Cartridge
A dream MC cartridge
DL-103SA is the special edition of DL-103R. Both of them share the same specifications. The wires are 6N OFC cable with metallic blue fiberglass composite housing. Thus it makes the new DL-103SA provide a much more modern sound and represents the new age of Denon analog sound. The DL-103SA is packed with a luxury walnut wood case and is a limited production of 2000 pcs.
DL-103SA is a dream MC cartridge for an audiophile.
The DL-103R is an updated version of the classic DL-103. It provides improved sound by using 6N copper coils wound with precision to the cantilever shaft. Sonic improvements over the DL-103 include heightened detail-extraction, more bass depth, and enhanced clarity across the board.
Denon DL-103R Specifications
Output: 0.25 mV
Output impedance: 14ohms
Stylus: 16.5 Micron round tip
Coils: copper (6N)
Frequency range: 20Hz-45kHz
Tracking force: 2.3-2.7g
Compliance 5x10-6cm/dyne
Weight: 8.5g
10 Audio Review of Denon DL-103R Music simply sounds more right through this cartridge. I almost hate to dissect it, frog-like, into the usual audiophile categories. Yes, it has prodigious bass when called upon to display it on a thunder of a track like Prokofiev's Russian Overture, from an unopened Living Stereo recording I found waiting for me one late winter day in a dusty old shop in the Hudson River Valley. This is definitely better bass than my reference. Not more in an absolute sense, just more richness.
Audiogon Discussion of Denon DL-103R The sound of the regular DL-103R is outstanding, and a super bargain at it's price point. Many have heard of it referred to as a super-cart, or giant-killer. And it is. It has the wonderful characteristic of allowing the music to come across as a composition, and not as a group of disjointed parts. This is not as common as we would like in cartridges today. Many carts will give great separation of instruments and holographic imaging and detail, but they never seem to merge as a musical whole. The Denon carts excell in this area of making the parts merge into a full musical presentation, and still retains the detail and delineation of the instruments and voices. This is one of the major reasons why the DL-103R is such a desireable cartridge.
Customer Review:
"I received the Denon cartridge, installed it and now I know why other people swear by
vinyl. The cartridge made a huge difference over my humble Audio Technica. Virtually every
record sounded better than I've ever heard before and better than most of the CDs.
Truly an interesting experience."
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