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[Ghost]

Denon x Ojas DL-103O, MC Phono Cartridge

The Denon x OJAS DL-103O moving-coil phono cartridge, a limited edition of our flagship DL-103R, showcases premium 6N copper coils and custom styling in collaboration with high-end audio artist and engineer Devon Turnbull. Tuned by our Sound Master, it elevates any turntable, revealing the soul...

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So for $250 usd more than the standard 103 you get a clear plastic body and his name on it?

Good sir, remind me the price of your cables. I’m asking for a friend

 

[Nee Lewman]

Good sir, remind me the price of your cables. I’m asking for a friend

A case of Labatt Blue and his first born (joke’s on the cable guys, @Mather ain’t having kids)

 

[MikeH]

So for $250 usd more than the standard 103 you get a clear plastic body and his name on it?

How many did ya get?

 

[Mather]

Good sir, remind me the price of your cables. I’m asking for a friend

How is that the same? This is a rebadged 103 with a clear body for almost 50% more.

 

[Joe Mac]

A case of Labatt Blue and his first born (joke’s on the cable guys, @Mather ain’t having kids)

People accept children as payment. I’d have thought it’d be the opposite…

 

[Mather]

Good sir, remind me the price of your cables. I’m asking for a friend

But also, just for the record since it's kinda taken on a life of its own, my cables cost me between $165 USD and $550 USD each. That's half of the retail price for each cable and I replaced every single power cable in the system along with every RCA and the speaker cables.

 

[Nee Lewman]

But also, just for the record since it's kinda taken on a life of its own, my cables cost me between $165 USD and $550 USD each. That's half of the retail price for each cable and I replaced every single power cable in the system along with every RCA and the speaker cables.

So thousands of dollars.

 

[Mather]

So thousands of dollars.

What's your point?

 

[Nee Lewman]

What's your point?

Just trying to gauge that’s all. No point.

 

[Mather]

You spend thousands of dollars on cars gas and insurance every year. I spend zero. So I can spend it how I like. This is how I like. Besides there are many people on this forum with more expensive rigs and cables than mine so aside from the fact that I joke about it I don't really get the infatuation...

 

[duke86fan]

i wonder if my music hall PA2.2 can do MC cartridges good enough... the hana el asks for more than 400 load impedance and the MC side of it have only 100 ohm.. that and the fact that it only does 0.4mV and hana needs 0.5mV

otherwise I think when I upgrade (whether rega, musichall, mofi, etc depends on my future.. i need a job) I might just stay on moving magnet (maybe getting a bronze or something)

 

[Nee Lewman]

You spend thousands of dollars on cars gas and insurance every year. I spend zero. So I can spend it how I like. This is how I like. Besides there are many people on this forum with more expensive rigs and cables than mine so aside from the fact that I joke about it I don't really get the infatuation...

I just like poking the bear…


Poke


Poke


Poke poke

 

[Mather]

NOT IN THE MOOD NEWMAN

I still love you but TODAY... Today I will fight you with the hot rage of a thousand rabid bunnies.

 

[kvetcha]

that and the fact that it only does 0.4mV and hana needs 0.5mV

I feel like this doesn't mean what you think it means.

It just means it needs a 0.4mV input to hit a rated output (305mV). If the Hana is putting in 0.5mV, it just means you'll be getting a slightly louder output signal. The Hana "needs" less amplification than some MCs.

 

[Mather]

Just imagine the geometric increase in collective rabbit-rage if you used your cables to link them all together into a single fighting unit

I'm doing this.

 

[duke86fan]

I feel like this doesn't mean what you think it means.

It just means it needs a 0.4mV input to hit a rated output (305mV). If the Hana is putting in 0.5mV, it just means you'll be getting a slightly louder output signal. The Hana "needs" less amplification than some MCs.

thanks for the explaination.... still dunno if id go moving coil because the impedance load but thanks for explaining that

 

[Nee Lewman]

NOT IN THE MOOD NEWMAN

I still love you but TODAY... Today I will fight you with the hot rage of a thousand rabid bunnies.

Poke

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Poke

 

[Nee Lewman]

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I’ve never had poke because it never looks like this. It always looks like a bowl full of sushi someone already ate.

 

[Nee Lewman]

NOT IN THE MOOD NEWMAN

I still love you but TODAY... Today I will fight you with the hot rage of a thousand rabid bunnies.

Bunnies are fast: