Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
Bearing in mind what Marco has just posted, nonetheless if you just plunk a DL-S1 in a fairly basic tt rig where a 103 is happy, you can take a line from the 103, lighten the balance and increase refinement to get to a 304 and take that line even further and you get to the S1.
At least that was my experience.

I'd say you need the tt system sophistication, skills and investment of Marco to get the best out of the 304 and even more so for the S1.
Check out my comments on my Denon cart group review here http://hifipig.com/a-cacophony-of-ca...t-2-denon-mcs/
Just my 2-penneth.

--- note also the comments at the end of my review from two folks - I am not alone!
I hadn't read your website before - some good stuff there! You'd already anticipated some of the very things discussed here. I liked your take on the Cartridge Man, which is probably a much better deal purchased in the U.K. - the price is rather high over here in the States for a moving iron cartridge, as good as it is.