Hi Dave,

For the final time Marco (I promise), the Lentek has a fixed input impedance which, as you say, will certainly be cartridge dependent, no issues there...
Nope. Perhaps in future though remember to consider the bigger picture (as you have done now) before rubbishing a product

But as you've found, there are better things available to handle the tiny outputs of most MC cartridges.
Indeed there are - at a price. But I can't think of a better brand new head amp or SUT to use with a DL-103 for less than the cost of the A23....

Put it this way, the Lentek in conjunction with the AT PEQ3 (interesting review to read via the link below):

http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc...egory_Code=C2D

...would be a fabulous combo for 103 users on a budget, and would likely sonically outperform the (generally piss-poor) active MC stage in most budget phono stages/preamps.

This is what AOS is about: the bespoke, the unusual; opting for the more 'leftfield' choice and thinking outside of the box to unearth potential gems which offer the highest SPPV - not simply going for the usual boring suspects and 'me too' bollocks on the market.....

We will always alert people to that way of thinking with audio, as it usually makes life much more interesting and rewarding!

Marco.