Anyone here have experience with the Denon DP-35F?

The original (supplied) cartridge was a 60 (not 160), which was also of moving magnet design.

DeKay

Talon:

I bookmarked the Audio-Technica VM540ML to replace my Grado Silver, but ended up finding a spare Grado stylus (tucked away in a drawer) and did not purchase it due to laziness.

Higher output MM, but with positive pro/user reviews and a selling price of around $250.

Here's lengthy review with response (et cetera) graphs.

https://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/vinyl/turntable-accessories/audio-technica-vm540ml-phono-cartrid...

DeKay

Yes, I recall a friend replacing an older Red Denon (#?) with a 160 around 1986 so that would make sense.

DeKay

I read about the 95 series and per reviews figured I would probably prefer the cheaper elliptical version (EN?).

This said, I have not used any of the AT's in my setup.

I also culled almost all of my classical LP's in favor of listening to Vienna Master Series CD's, so listen mainly to popular music on LP.

DeKay

Here’s the dirty low down on VMS (Pilz Music Group/PMG)...

https://www.discogs.com/label/276057-Vienna-Master-Series

This said, I like the performances and the sound quality.

I purchased a large (new 100+) set @ a flea market for $20 around 2001, or so, which is how I discovered them.

Don’t mind flipping a record when listening to popular music, but prefer the play length of CD with Classical.

Per a few friends who are classical buffs I like tone poems (which explains why my favorite Who album is Quadrophenia-:)

DeKay

No, that's them...

The set I purchased have Grey covers and are dated mostly 1988.

The performances are more lively than constrained and they sound as good (or better) than the Sony Music and Musical Heritage Society CD's that I have.

DeKay

I just pulled a couple dozen and they are all marked (DDD), which was one of their marketing lies.

Per the WWW blurb they were mostly digitalized from analog recordings and from the sound quality I suspect that they were harvested from master and/or early generation tapes.

Considering that the recordings are said to be (in reality) of less than main orchestras I also assume that they did not pay much for the tapes.

Part of the sound quality comes from how they seem to be minimally mike’d as well.

I live in West Hollywood, CA so in the past 30 years have had local access to well stocked thrift shops/flea markets/estate-yard sales.

Also, what I was trying to get at is that if I listened to a lot of classical music on LP I would probably go for a different type of cartridge sound (different than what I prefer with popular music - which is a more fleshed out type of sound).

DeKay