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Curious what the collected experience of this group is in regards to cartridge bodies. I've seen aftermarket bodies available for the Denon 103 and yet when looking at Andy Kim's Needle Clinic website, I noticed he has a "body modification" service available that opens the cartridge up a bit by removing parts of the stock body. The claim is that this is better than an aftermarket body as he feels no body at all is best since they just serve to function as a equalizer. I can't fault that line of thinking.
I have a Benz Glider that I'd like to get repaired one day and for shits and giggles, I searched and found there is a wood body available out there ($90 for the one I found). Of course I'm wondering if this might be akin to a more expensive, wood bodied Benz - assuming those are actually better than the less expensive and naked Glider.
Any thoughts? Anyone with experience with both naked and wood bodied Benz's?
voolston - audiophile by day, music lover by night!
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I had Andy do that modification, but it was butt ugly. He removes the plastic portion of the cartridge body underneath the tip. But man, it looked like a hack job on my 103, when I got it back, I denuded it myself and put one of those Stanley Engineering bodies you see on ebay in replacement.
Cheers Johno
Regards voolston:
I've done three such "garge built" modifications and find no negative outcomes. However, my hearing is so far over the hill I've forgotten what the other side sounds like. I'm prone to believe Mr. Kim knows what he's talking about, is the modification reversible?
Ringing, smearing and resonances are commonly accepted as being influenced by materials implemented from stylus to turntable.
Somewhat relevant, visit:
http://korfaudio.com/blog62
where construction and measurement of headshells are evaluated. Search the site, ten headshells varying in materials, mass and description are considered.
Extrapolating headshell construction to materials utilized in cartridge bodies may be like comparing bacon to broccoli. In the absence of gear to accurately measure results and wether or not there is an improvement to be had, trust your ears and draw your own conclusions.
Peace.
The tech stuff at the provided link is over my head but the take away is that everything matters and can make a difference. One is left to decide if the difference is an improvement or not. I went on to read about the Korg headshell which I immediately thought was made of ceramic before getting a confirmation of that. Hummm, how about a ceramic cartridge body then?!?
Oh, glad I've a one piece tonearm and thusly no headshell woes to fuss over . LOL!
voolston - audiophile by day, music lover by night!
It's not surprising there are so many DL103 bodies available - the stock body is thin plastic. Anything would be an improvement!
Anything that has a decent body to start with is probably not going to benefit much by changing the body.
As for body vs naked, I have no idea. You would think no body would be better but maybe the cartridge makers like Benz and Koetsu are tuning the sound of their cartridges by using different body materials, or tuning the mass of the cartridge to the compliance of the suspension.
Who knows.
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