Just pulled the trigger on one of these babies....

[Tarzan]

No worries, dude - I totally understand. I'm just pleased that the 103 hit the spot! Told you it would, didn't I?

Marco.

Not in an SME V you said, l did wonder about this myself, especially using the Gyrodec and it's suspension, but the Gyro/SME V/Denon DL103, bops along nicely! l am just getting the hang of the deck and do concede a better cartridge is the way to go, by the wayl Al brought round his SUT purchased from you and we had a brief play with it, very nice piece of kit!

[NRG]

Not in an SME V you said

And Marco would be right It works in an SME but the SME is no where optimal for the 103 it's about 12~15g short on mass...been there, got the T shirt etc... Oh, and this was on a Gyro SE / Orbe platter and DC/NC motor combo.

[Marco]

Not in an SME V you said, l did wonder about this myself, especially using the Gyrodec and it's suspension, but the Gyro/SME V/Denon DL103, bops along nicely! l am just getting the hang of the deck and do concede a better cartridge is the way to go, by the wayl Al brought round his SUT purchased from you and we had a brief play with it, very nice piece of kit!

Cool - I'm glad it works. I agonised for ages over selling it, as I really liked what it did in my system. However, the PH head amp was just that bit better overall, and so the ST-80SE was simply not being used as much as it should. Therefore, I decided to let it go and allow someone else to enjoy it.

I'm glad it ended up with Al, because after having heard his system at Scalford, I thought it would gel with the rest of his kit and hit the spot nicely. I couldn't believe he was bypassing the superb, hard-wired valve phono stage in his Croft, in order to hook up a decent (but no more than average) external MC stage!!

Talk about doing things 'arse about face'....

The thing is too, the Croft MM phono stage is eminently tweakable, so with some judicious mods (or even just by fitting better valves), he could turn it into something rather special, which when used in conjunction with the ST-80SE, will produce stunning sounding music. Therefore, he's got a whole world of fun ahead of him!

As for the DL-103, it will work reasonably well on your SME V, but as Neal correctly states, it won't be anywhere near optimised. If you want to do that, swap your V for a Series M2, and add some extra mass to the headshell. Honestly, you'll be stunned at the results it achieves with your 103, and you can spend the change you get on more music!



Marco.

[Marco]

Returning to the DL-S1, I found this YouTube video, which within the limitations of the accompanying system, the dubious taste in music and the rather 'broken vehicle' of listening via the Internet, shows some promise:





Marco.

[Beobloke]

There's not much "limitation" where that turntable and arm are concerned, I reckon!

[Tarzan]

Returning to the DL-S1, I found this YouTube video, which within the limitations of the accompanying system, the dubious taste in music and the rather 'broken vehicle' of listening via the Internet, shows some promise:










Marco.

l have a Della Reese LP, that l tried to offload on AudioAl, even he knocked that one back.

[Marco]

There's not much "limitation" where that turntable and arm are concerned, I reckon!

Why you say so, mansab? Which T/T and arm is it, incidentally?

Marco.

[cuddles]

l have a Della Reese LP, that l tried to offload on AudioAl, even he knocked that one back.

Nothing wrong with Della

[Marco]

That's a much better song, Simon! Interesting T/T and arm... Any idea what it is?

Marco.

[Marco]

Just purloined these rather excellent (and hard to obtain) AT headshell leads, which will replace the el-cheapo ones supplied with the following headshell:





Some info from the manufacturer:

The Quattro are a set of headshell leads made with a balanced mix of four types of gold clad +7 N-OFC + PCOCC + OFC, the leads are crimped with 24K gold-plated chip lead, the Quattro hybrid conductor has 12 strands with a diameter of 0.18mm. This construction gives a quiet and gentle tone with a sense of transparency to the sound.

Those will be used with my NOS AT MG-10 magnesium headshell (along with the Denon DL-S1):












Above pics are of the actual headshell I bought from ebay. As you can see, it's mint - and it only cost me $30 (including shipping) from the States! They normally cost $69.00, plus shipping, from Audiocubes: http://www.audiocubes2.com/product_i...roducts_id/481



Marco.