I don't have experience of the 30 series.
I recently had a visitor interested in hearing a 103R however ... on his Dual 1228.
It took a bit of fiddling to get an acceptable VTA with a table/arm designed to work as a record changer. We solved two problems at once - effective mass and VTA.
I slipped a home-grown shim made of brass (about 5 grams) between the cartridge and the headshell. Between this and a record mat, the VTA was in the acceptable range, and the effective mass of the system was such that the bass was fairly tight.
All in all, I liked the presentation, although the owner did not. My sense is that he is used to his cone and dome drivers, and my Exemplar horns disoriented him.
You can get your combo to work with a 103r, but be prepared to add 5-8 grams to the headshell.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
I recently had a visitor interested in hearing a 103R however ... on his Dual 1228.
It took a bit of fiddling to get an acceptable VTA with a table/arm designed to work as a record changer. We solved two problems at once - effective mass and VTA.
I slipped a home-grown shim made of brass (about 5 grams) between the cartridge and the headshell. Between this and a record mat, the VTA was in the acceptable range, and the effective mass of the system was such that the bass was fairly tight.
All in all, I liked the presentation, although the owner did not. My sense is that he is used to his cone and dome drivers, and my Exemplar horns disoriented him.
You can get your combo to work with a 103r, but be prepared to add 5-8 grams to the headshell.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier