Has anyone taken the body off a Denon DL103?

EC8010 · 13th February 2008, 08:13 PM

As per the thread title, has anyone done this, and did they take any photographs? Or, to put it another way, what ought I to know before I buy one brand new and open it up?

Why do I want to do this? Generally, naked moving coil cartridges sound better. More "open" if you like...

vinylkid58 · 13th February 2008, 08:29 PM

Not yet, but I'm going to. I just have to make a brass plate so I can mount the darn thing. Have you seen the Thomas Schick video on removing the plastic body?

The other option is to remove the plastic body and mount the 103 in a wooden body, ebony seems to be popular. There is a gentleman in Europe that makes wooden bodies for the 103/103R.

Jeff

EC8010 · 14th February 2008, 08:30 PM

Thank you. That's even more than I dared hope for. Looks easy enough. It's a shame the base the magnet structure is on isn't capable of being fitted directly to an arm, but I could always make up a threaded plate to glue onto the back of the cartridge.

planet10 · 14th February 2008, 08:33 PM

Zu also take the bodies off and replace with another.

dave

woodturner-fran · 14th February 2008, 09:05 PM

EC8010,

A fella is offering a service over on lenco lovers. He will strip your 103 bare and mount it on a bit of alu with 2.5mm tapped holes for easy mounting. He's looking for €50. Neat looking job.

Now of course you can do this yourself - there are pics of the completed job on lenco lovers.

FWIW, I have been pretty unimpressed with the sound of a standard 103 so it would indeed be interesting to try this out. Likewise it would be good to try this on a DL110 or 160.

Let us know how you get on, with photos if you have time!

Fran

Cobra2 · 14th February 2008, 10:05 PM

http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=vinyl&m=704961
http://www.thomas-schick.com/Denon103.htm

Arne K

vinylkid58 · 14th February 2008, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EC8010
Thank you. That's even more than I dared hope for. Looks easy enough. It's a shame the base the magnet structure is on isn't capable of being fitted directly to an arm, but I could always make up a threaded plate to glue onto the back of the cartridge.

My pleasure. Thomas does make it look easy, but then I get the feeling he's done a few.

Here is another link with additional info on mods for the 103.

Jeff

pinguino1962 · 14th February 2008, 10:54 PM

Hi, here some mod.

maybe you can have a rough idea.Is in Italian but you can try with a babel fisn or similar translation...

sadly it's not possible to insert an hyperlink so you have to do the follow:

go to www.audiocostruzioni.it

look at the sidebar on the left, inside the pale green space click on "giradischi" (aka:turntable)

click on the center image: Tweaking etc...

scroll the page. for sure you'll recognize a naked DL 103.

click and read.(well, maybe you have to translate first).

Enjoy

planet10 · 15th February 2008, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pinguino1962
sadly it's not possible to insert an hyperlink so you have to do the follow:

http://www.audiocostruzioni.com/a_d/...tina-denon.htm

dave

EC8010 · 16th February 2008, 10:13 AM

Thanks everybody. Looks like it's time to give the credit card some exercise...

13th February 2008, 08:13 PM	#1
EC8010 diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Near London. UK	Has anyone taken the body of a Denon DL103? As per the thread title, has anyone done this, and did they take any photographs? Or, to put it another way, what ought I to know before I buy one brand new and open it up? Why do I want to do this? Generally, naked moving coil cartridges sound better. More "open" if you like... __________________ The loudspeaker: The only commercial Hi-Fi item where a disproportionate part of the budget isn't spent on the box. And the one where it would make a difference...

14th February 2008, 08:30 PM	#3
EC8010 diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Near London. UK	Thank you. That's even more than I dared hope for. Looks easy enough. It's a shame the base the magnet structure is on isn't capable of being fitted directly to an arm, but I could always make up a threaded plate to glue onto the back of the cartridge. __________________ The loudspeaker: The only commercial Hi-Fi item where a disproportionate part of the budget isn't spent on the box. And the one where it would make a difference...

14th February 2008, 08:33 PM	#4
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Zu also take the bodies off and replace with another. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

14th February 2008, 10:05 PM	#6
Cobra2 DIY ! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Stavanger, Norway	http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=vinyl&m=704961 http://www.thomas-schick.com/Denon103.htm Arne K __________________ Ars longa, vita brevis

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13th February 2008, 08:29 PM	#2
vinylkid58 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Victoria, B.C.	Not yet, but I'm going to. I just have to make a brass plate so I can mount the darn thing. Have you seen the Thomas Schick video on removing the plastic body? The other option is to remove the plastic body and mount the 103 in a wooden body, ebony seems to be popular. There is a gentleman in Europe that makes wooden bodies for the 103/103R. Jeff

14th February 2008, 09:05 PM	#5
woodturner-fran diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ireland	EC8010, A fella is offering a service over on lenco lovers. He will strip your 103 bare and mount it on a bit of alu with 2.5mm tapped holes for easy mounting. He's looking for €50. Neat looking job. Now of course you can do this yourself - there are pics of the completed job on lenco lovers. FWIW, I have been pretty unimpressed with the sound of a standard 103 so it would indeed be interesting to try this out. Likewise it would be good to try this on a DL110 or 160. Let us know how you get on, with photos if you have time! Fran

14th February 2008, 10:54 PM	#8
pinguino1962 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008	Hi, here some mod. maybe you can have a rough idea.Is in Italian but you can try with a babel fisn or similar translation... sadly it's not possible to insert an hyperlink so you have to do the follow: go to www.audiocostruzioni.it look at the sidebar on the left, inside the pale green space click on "giradischi" (aka:turntable) click on the center image: Tweaking etc... scroll the page. for sure you'll recognize a naked DL 103. click and read.(well, maybe you have to translate first). Enjoy

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