I purchased an 103R with a broken cantilever & had Steve from VAS rebuild it with the Baron & Micro combo on a rosewood body, & the sound is similar to my Otho Cadenza Black. Which is 4x the price.
Cartridge bodies... less is more?
Curious what the collected experience of this group is in regards to cartridge bodies. I've seen aftermarket bodies available for the Denon 103 and yet when looking at Andy Kim's Needle Clinic website, I noticed he has a "body modification" service available that opens the cartridge up a bit by removing parts of the stock body. The claim is that this is better than an aftermarket body as he feels no body at all is best since they just serve to function as a equalizer. I can't fault that line of thinking.
I have a Benz Glider that I'd like to get repaired one day and for shits and giggles, I searched and found there is a wood body available out there ($90 for the one I found). Of course I'm wondering if this might be akin to a more expensive, wood bodied Benz - assuming those are actually better than the less expensive and naked Glider.
Any thoughts? Anyone with experience with both naked and wood bodied Benz's?
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