A thumbs up for www.nadelspezialist.de who fixed up a Denon DL103 for a retip some weeks ago.
I was offered a Shibata Stylus @ 150 Euro or retipping with an elliptical Stylus @ 70 Euro + additional Tax and Shipping.
I opted for the Elliptical which included a clean up & new Alu-Cantilever. Total cost came in at just over 100 Euro.
Turnaround time was about 4 weeks which I thought was pretty good. Very pleased with the results, can't offer a comparison with an original as I changed some equipment and I think it was quite worn at the time, I didn't buy it new either .
Have played a stack of records since it got fitted, most memorable was Talking Heads, Remain in Light. Must have heard it a hundred times. Adrian Belew's angular guitar work is all over this album and it's never sounded so vital to the music until now. One of those moments !
As the cart is supplied with a conical tip I dialled down the tracking to 1.8g which seems OK but happy to listen to any advice.
All in all a worthy piece of recycling, I hate chucking stuff out if it can be re-used.
Denon 103 Re-tip
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Re: Denon 103 Re-tip
That's very good when UK people want far more than that I gather. The original conical tip does soften the highs a bit I remember, especially at end of side when it's easily measurable too, but someone else I know who had his old 103 retipped with an elliptical diamond (nothing fancy I remember), really rated the improvement.
Regarding tracking force, can you ask the re-tipper? 1.8 - 2g does seem a universal range these days and if sibilance is ok at 1.8g and you still get the bouncy involving bass the 103 is renowned for, then leave it there
Regarding tracking force, can you ask the re-tipper? 1.8 - 2g does seem a universal range these days and if sibilance is ok at 1.8g and you still get the bouncy involving bass the 103 is renowned for, then leave it there
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