Just installed a R today in replacement of the 103 regular. What is the breaking period time on that cartridge and which aspects of it's early stage sound should be expected to improved once it's '' done it's time ''. Thanks
Start off at 2.5g VTF. Break in should be relatively short. I heard a gradual improvement, but the cart basically sound good out of the box. Break in is short.
Thanks guys.... It seems the cart. is going to a phase as the one described by Hdm. I need to clarified the '' resistance coil '' of this cartridge in order to select the jumper position of my phono amp pertaining to this issue. Aside from offering load selection options my phono offers 3 settings to accomodate the resistance coil of one's cartrige,.......low, medium or hight. What could be the coil resistance of my cartridge ? I know that it's electrical impedance is 14 ohm.......but that doesn't help me........maybe someone knows ? Thanks.
Denon used to provide a frequency response curve with every catridge. I reflected the response of the cartridge and recorded the impedance at which the catridge was tested. If they are still providing that info: Match that impedance and you can't go wrong.
Pboutin, if you are using an active phono preamp then the best loading for the 103R is 100 Ohms. No need to experiment. If you are using a transformer based phono gain stage then I do not have enough experience to help.
BTW Rodman, Denon still does supply frequency curves with these carts, but they run that test into a 47K load. Seems kind of odd.
As Rodman said the frequency figure is based on them using a 47K load. Their suggestion is to use 100 ohms in the phono amp or 40 ohms if using a transformer. I have elect the 100 load over the 470 or the 30 that my Dynavector p-75 provides. This phono actually provides another load option called the '' phono enhancer '' or 0 load option.........this is where my regular DL 103 likes to be connected.....unlike it's little cousin....it seems so far. Again they also differ when I select the setting relate to the resistance......the 103 prefer the medium setting while the 103R prefer the high setting. All and all it's a little time consuming and I thank all the one that have shipped in. By the way does 47K ohms represente the same figure than 470 ohms ?
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