I recently put a Denon DL-110 on my MMF-5. I had to take a small rat tail file to the finger lift to open the holes a hair to get the Denon bolt to fit. I also carefully made the female connectors on the tonearm slightly smaller using a pair of needle nose. I like the tooth-pick anti collapse idea. The Denon DL-110 is a high output MC, and I like it quite a bit, in to a Musical Fidelity X-150 MM preamp slot.
Denon 103R on a MMF-7
I bought an MMF-7 with the goldring eroica cart from this site. Really simple set up. Not sure I like the cart - ear ringing has grown tremendously since I started listening to this TT.
So, I read up on bang-for-buck carts here. Decided on the Denon 103R and bought one from audio cubes. (Man that was fast from Japan - a week and it was here - at a shipping cost of $7!).
Dismounted the goldring, and found that:
- The male connections on the 103R are way too small for the female tonearem connections
- The bolts don't fit throught the pickup hanger atop the tonearm.
- I had to remount the Goldring
Amp - Conrad Johnson 2250
Pre-Amp - Musical Fidelity 3.2cr
Anyway, please offer suggestions/thoughts/brilliance on how to/should I modify the setup to accomodate the 103R or not. BTW - Vinyl Engine doesn't seem to be in business anymore and I can't read Japanese...so if anyone knows of another location for the 103R english manual I'd appreciate it.
So, I read up on bang-for-buck carts here. Decided on the Denon 103R and bought one from audio cubes. (Man that was fast from Japan - a week and it was here - at a shipping cost of $7!).
Dismounted the goldring, and found that:
- The male connections on the 103R are way too small for the female tonearem connections
- The bolts don't fit throught the pickup hanger atop the tonearm.
- I had to remount the Goldring
Amp - Conrad Johnson 2250
Pre-Amp - Musical Fidelity 3.2cr
Anyway, please offer suggestions/thoughts/brilliance on how to/should I modify the setup to accomodate the 103R or not. BTW - Vinyl Engine doesn't seem to be in business anymore and I can't read Japanese...so if anyone knows of another location for the 103R english manual I'd appreciate it.