New Cartridge Time


Ready for a new cartridge. My phono stage is a Manley Chinook. I am currently using a Denon dl 103r. I am interested in either a Charisma 103 mc, or a Grado Sonata 3 mm. Any thoughts.
 Thanks 
cub
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There are much better cartridges than Grado available for your tonearm.

But using low compliance DL-103 on Rega is just a demonstration that you don't understand tonearm/cartridge matching theory, read here.  And your dealer too. 
Thanks, I don’t understand. Give me some suggestions for the Rega RB 330 tone arm that would match well in the $750.00 range.
@cub Here's a fairly straightforward guide to determining whether a cartridge will work well with your tonearm. 

https://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_resonance_evaluator.php

You will just need to enter the effective mass of your tonearm (the Rega RB330 is 11 grams).  You'll see a chart pop up.  Then, you need to look at the specs of to get the weight and dynamic compliance of the cartridge(s) you are considering.  

The Denon 103r weighs 8.5 grams and has a (very low) compliance of 5 (this is listed as "5 x 10-6 cm/dyne".  If you look at the chart, you will see that this combination falls well outside of the optimal range.

Hope that helps, and feel free to ask more questions.  There are a lot of experienced audiophiles on Audiogon, and many are very generous with their knowledge.

Cheers,
Scott