To bring some of my perspective in here, in particular with respect to Tswhitsel's comments:
Tswhitsel is completely correct to point out the problems of matching a very lightweight arm like the JMW9 to low compliance cartridges like the Denon. Following the same arguments, I would have expected the Denon to be a very bad match to the JMW9 arm. Nevertheless, I tried it, since I was curious about the Scout and only had a Denon DL103R around. It turns out it wasn't such a bad match at all. I would even go as far as saying that the JMW9 worked better with the DL103R than on my previous Rega derivative arms.
Some details about the Denon compiance: I measured the resonance frequency for the Denon DL103/JMW9/3g headshell weight and got a resonance somewhere between 9-10Hz. Removing the additional weight the resonance lies around 10-11, which is still a very acceptable value.
As for unipivot design with low compliance cartridges (an excerpt from the Van den Hul web page):
As a result Van den Hul's comments would suggest exactly the opposite: To mate a unipivot arm with something like the Denon!
Soundwise the Denon is still my favorite for the Scout I have around right nowÂ…just my own experience. :)
Rene
Tswhitsel is completely correct to point out the problems of matching a very lightweight arm like the JMW9 to low compliance cartridges like the Denon. Following the same arguments, I would have expected the Denon to be a very bad match to the JMW9 arm. Nevertheless, I tried it, since I was curious about the Scout and only had a Denon DL103R around. It turns out it wasn't such a bad match at all. I would even go as far as saying that the JMW9 worked better with the DL103R than on my previous Rega derivative arms.
Some details about the Denon compiance: I measured the resonance frequency for the Denon DL103/JMW9/3g headshell weight and got a resonance somewhere between 9-10Hz. Removing the additional weight the resonance lies around 10-11, which is still a very acceptable value.
As for unipivot design with low compliance cartridges (an excerpt from the Van den Hul web page):
Q: I have a unipivot arm from the USA. What sort of cartridge should I buy ?
A: A cartridge with a lower compliance to avoid the well known Olympic game: Groove jumping. When you order a cartridge from our company, please tell your dealer that you need a cartridge for this type of arm. It helps to reduce all kinds of problems.
As a result Van den Hul's comments would suggest exactly the opposite: To mate a unipivot arm with something like the Denon!
Soundwise the Denon is still my favorite for the Scout I have around right nowÂ…just my own experience. :)
Rene