Quote Originally Posted by barry.d.hunt View Post
So the upshot of the matter would seem to be, why bother with a re-housed 103?, if 'nuding' a 103 brings about all the benefits that either an aluminium or hardwood housing do, but without the extra expenditure of the later.
I haven't actually compared a nude 103 with an Al or wood housed one. Maybe someone has?

Of course the naked 103 needs to have some way of being attached to the headshell - I glued on a piece of rosewood with two holes drilled in it. I've also added some extra reinforcement around the base of the magnet/yoke assembly using dental cement. That made further improvements to the sound.