DENON DL-304 low output MC cartridge and HA 500 HEADAMP, Vintage
- Condition: Used
- Price: 693.01 EUR
- Status: unsold
- Item number: 115949571652
- Bids: 0
- Seller: pearsound (326|100.0%)
- Seller information: non commercial
- Item location: Olympia, Washington
- Ships to: US
- Shipping: EUR
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Description
Want to try a moving coilcartridge, but only have a phono input? With these two pieces you can! Aclassic matched vintage moving coil cartridge with phono head amplifier. Hereare some quotes from reviews:“The Denon DL-304 audiophile moving coil cartridge providesultimate performance in the most demanding high-end system.” “One of the biggest bargains in phonocartridges, the Denon DL-304 offers the fastidious listener all the virtues ofa truly superlative cartridge, such as sound staging, imaging, transparency,detail, micro dynamics and frequency extension. It lays bare the tonal colorsof different instruments. Rarest of all, the Denon DL-304 makes music comealive! HI-FI CHOICE said - Feb, 1992 Not to mincewords, the DL-304 sounds superb....it is one of the very best handful ofcartridges available today. At the price, its clearly a colossal bargain.” “A professional, high performance stereocartridge, with a micro light cantilever giving a quoted frequency response of20 Hz - 50 Hz. The Gold anodized all alloy body looks stunning, audio loverswill delight with this extra detail that is brought out by this outstandingphono cartridge. The Denon DL-304 moving coil cartridge has extraordinaryresolution with excellent tracking facility even at low tracking force, verypure, natural sound.”The high compliance of this cartridge dictates that it go on a low masstonearm. The cartridge delivers excellent tracing ability with low stylusforce. Optimum force is 1.2 grams.The Denon HA500 phono head amplifier is an obvious choice for theDL-304 cartridge. By design these two excellent pieces of equipment are abeautiful match. It is in excellent condition and comes in original box andpacking. I have carefully opened it up to check the circuit board for anyleaking of capacitors. Everything is very clean inside. No leaking. I thentested it for approximately 5 albums. It operates exactly as it should. Thesound quality is excellent and very quiet. The piece rates a 9 out of 10because it is not ‘new old stock’. Otherwise it is mint.At this point in time this type of vintage gear in this condition isharder to find with availability fewer and farther between. I’ve been an audioenthusiast for over 35 years. I’m always searching the internet for exceptionalvalue and quality gear. I happened to find these two pieces at the same time.The value to you is that they were carefully selected and tested and come as aset. Act quickly as such opportunity will not last.
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