The Denon 301/II is an excellent, highly resolving, good tracking, high compliance, low output moving coil cartridge. Initially sounds a bit lean but after a few hours of use it opens up and becomes more balanced and full sounding. Only downside is the lack of threaded body so you have to use the supplied screws and nuts. An EXCELLENT value.
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Awesome cartridge. Arrived very quickly despite COVID19. Nice look, excellent quality, made in Japan. Package includes specs certificate with plotted frequency response, a stylus brash, 2 sets of screws of different length that should fit any cartridge headshell and a tool for installation. And last but not least, I am very happy with listening results.
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For 300 USD you will defenitely not find a better cartridge, I bet it will cost you at least 700 USD to find a cartridge with a similar performance. It is very open, bright sound and has a good definition. I have mounted it on a Rega P7 which has the RB-700 arm and it sounds like a perfect marriage to me.
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This is a real gem in the category of relatively affordable phono cartridges. I do appreciate linear frequency response up to 60 kHz, excellent tracking ability, neutral and uncoloured sound, nice 3D space presentation and agile dynamics. But what I find really extraordinary is a very low LP surface noise and the ability to reproduce even very worn-out records without much cracks and clicks thanks to a special stylus tip reaching deeper in the groove. Also thanks to a very low tracking force (1.4g) the wear of both your stylus and records will be minimal. (N.B. Don't forget that a new cartridge needs at least 40 hours warming-up before critical listening.)
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This is a nice sounding well balanced MC cartridge. It takes about 50 hours or so for the cartridge to break in, the harshness goes away and it becomes more detailed and neutral sounding. It’s a good value in my opinion
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