On german analogue sites I found great reviews of the japanese Yamamoto HS-1A (11.2 gr)in african black-wood headshell combined together with a Denon 103 (R or Pro).
Did someone here try it out?
Thanks for any answer!
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Yamamoto heashell for 103
On german analogue sites I found great reviews of the japanese Yamamoto HS-1A (11.2 gr)in african black-wood headshell combined together with a Denon 103 (R or Pro).
Did someone here try it out?
Thanks for any answer!
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Ciao Piero,
The Yamamoto looks nice, granted, but from experience I can tell you that it's not heavy enough. The 103 needs an 18g headshell, at the minimum, or a 20g one, optimally.
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Which headshell would you suggest? It's difficult to find such an heavy one. BTW I own an elder heeavy Ortofon shell (SPU like) but the cartridge (inside) can't be shifted as usual for the justage and so it's quite useless ...
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Dimenticavo sopra ho un braccio abbastanza pesante da 13 pollici (Ortofon AS-309S) con il peso supplementare grande, ma veramente mi serve poi una shell da 20gr. senza generare risonanze non volute?
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