Nice!Originally Posted by CageyH
VTF at 2.5g, and sounding pretty good.
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Nice!
VTF at 2.5g, and sounding pretty good.
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I think I could do with a denser material for my counterweight.
And yes, the auxiliary weight is fitted.
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I have been listening to music for most of the day, using the DL-103.
What a lovely piece of kit this is. It's a keeper for sure.
I just wish I had a standard DL103, so I could judge what benefits the upgrades it came fitted with have had.
It sounds superb, with a good level of detail, and deep powerful bass. Very musical, and as Firebottle said, it just drags you into the music.
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The cartridge housing weighs 27g.No worries, Kev. I don't think you'll need 18g though, as the new gold body-shell will be considerably heavier than the stock plastic one it replaced, so you'll have to take that into consideration.
To that effect, you don't really want any more than said 18g mass *in total*, including the weight of the cartridge itself and 'headhshell' of the FXR, or you could end up with a somewhat 'sat on' and over-damped sound.
If that ends up being the case though, just use a lighter headshell weight. My advice would be firstly to install the cartridge as is and see how it sounds, then if necessary experiment with adding mass from there, obviously ensuring that you have the ability to balance out the weight at the other end
Anyway, hope it hits the spot for you!
Marco.
All,up weight s just over 31g. It works well on my FX1200, with 175g of counterweight on the other end.
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Looking good mate
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Thanks Brian.
Sounds good too.
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Looks silver there, for some reason... I thought it was a blingy gold big bastard?
VTF at 2.5g, and sounding pretty good.
Replying to your PM now!
Marco.
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I recognise that counterweight he he. Took me ages to polish it up like that.I think I could do with a denser material for my counterweight.
And yes, the auxiliary weight is fitted.
Am surprised you are using all three weights must be some serious mass at the other end. Beauty of the counterweights set though it'll take anything.
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I was surprised to have to fit all three as well.
Other end is about 31g for the cartridge alone.
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