Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
Ah - I see what you mean:

Also, the leads have to cross one another between the headshell pins and the cartridge pins; so that will use up a bit of length.
Yeah, also see my previous post. It should be fine

I have no experience of your Denon, the only ones I have heard are my two DL103s; both of which are now down in the order of preference of my MC cartridges (having been surplanted by my EMTs, Ortofons, a Van den Hul, and my current favourite: the Ikeda C9 III (a cantileverless (à la Decca) moving-coil design, that combines the strengths of a Decca with that of a moving-coil cartridge, with none of the weaknesses).
No worries, and interesting... Didn't know about the Ikeda. When did you get that - did you post a thread about it? From your description, I like the sound of that. Also which VDH have you got?

The GL (I've heard one before, along the very similar 'SA') easily sounds as good, if not better, than any SPU I've had, and also the EMT, which as you know I've heard in my system and also love. Sonically, the GL is streets ahead of the stock 103, and indeed pretty much ANY 103. The only one that can touch it is the 103M [design-wise, quite a departure from any other 103], and of course the SA.

To all intents and purposes, the GL is a £2k MC cartridge, if made by anyone other than Denon (without access to their huge resources and economies of scale), in the days when they threw all their financial clout and know-how into cartridge design.

Marco.