Hi Marco - I'm going to up the arm's mass, only problem being that the counterweight is going to be a looooong way back so obviously wont be ideal. Think I may contact John and get him to make me one of his beautiful counterweights too. It'll look gorgeous next to that wood.
The Denon's starting to sing away nicely now - it's sounding best at around 2.6g which is about the same as it did in the Spacearm. It hasn't got the clout of the Lyra but its bass is probably fuller and 'meatier'. Not as musically effervescent though - the Dorian still has this wonderfully un-constrained feel, musical phrases ebb and flow more naturally. Still, for under 90 quid the 103's a joke....a very good one
As a footnote: When I first got the NAS back in 2005 Les at Walrus set it up in the shop with my old 103 - his first reaction, when I told him I was using the Denon, was 'I think you need to put a better cartridge in some time' (he didn't really know the Denon to be fair to him). Anyway he had a listen to the rig once set up and was 'very pleasantly surprised' at how damn good it sounded.
It ain't pretty - but it certainly seems to work...
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