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The Commercial Zone => Industry Introductions => Topic started by: SteveRB on 15 Feb 2018, 06:48 pm
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Hello,
I would like to introduce a new aluminum body concept for the Denon DL-103.
https://www.denonaluminumbody.com
The Aluminum Body Cap provides all of the well documented advantages of other aftermarket bodies available: increased bass presence, improved soundstage and imaging, combined with remarkable tone.
However, all other aftermarket bodies require the stock plastic body to be carefully removed from the cartridge, and most rely on the 'nude' cartridge being friction fit in the body with no mechanical connection to the headshell. Some aftermarket bodies require adhesive potting and adding excessive mass.
The Aluminum Body Cap is not a modification: it is an accessory. The Cap is completely removable, transferable, and greatly reduces the risk of damage to the cartridge. The Aluminum Body Cap securely bolts through the stock cartridge body and headshell, providing a firm, mechanical connection.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176162)
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176163)
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=176164)
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Please use discount code: AUDIOCIRCLE
For free shipping until the end of March 2018.
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Please see user review at Lenco Heaven.
https://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=2589.new;topicseen#new
"Conclusion
... it is such an improvement over the stock shell, incredibly easy to fit, and for such little money it's more a case of why wouldn't you?
Compared to the other after-market shells, I'd still recommend this, just for ease of fitting and cheap price and comparable sound!"
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These look really cool! I wish they were $50 a pice so i could buy two. :wink:
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Let me get this right... a small piece of milled Al for $120. If it actually works as described, I'll wait for the $3 Chinese knockoff.
Sorry to be negative, but come on, it's just plain Al with a slot and two holes.
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Let me get this right... a small piece of milled Al for $120. If it actually works as described, I'll wait for the $3 Chinese knockoff.
Sorry to be negative, but come on, it's just plain Al with a slot and two holes.
The Cap works great. I understand the cost for some DL103 users may be exclusionary. And, I recognize the market is extremely small for such specific accessory. However, most users have reported that it is a fantastic value compared to other upgrades in their system. Obviously if these were windshield wipers and every house needed two of them, overseas production and thin margins would be possible.
It any DL103 user here seriously wants to demo one of these and report back: please PM me and we can work something out.
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Stereophile Recommended Components 2018:
Phono Cartridge Class B:
Denon DL-103 in aftermarket aluminum body (requires nude DL103)
https://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-fall-2017-edition-turntables-tonearms-cartridges-etc
The Aluminum Body Cap is significantly less expensive than unit reviewed.
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Currently, offering the Aluminum Body Caps for $25 off.
www.denonaluminumbody.com
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Thanks BGH
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(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=181165)
"I'm not much of a reviewer/critic. and of course the 103D is not the same as the other models, but I'd say the Cap got me 80% of what a full blown Zu would get me, with the added bonus of being able to put a completely new cartridge in it later if I need or want to. Sometimes a new one is cheaper than a re-tip.
I have to admit it scared me a bit when I was inserting the 103D into the Cap. I had to press pretty hard to get it in, and I afraid I'd either damage the body or slip and rip off the stylus. Neither happened, so I'll be more confident the next time.
I certainly do recommend the Cap. Whether you are a one cartridge audiophile, or an inveterate cartridge swapper and tube roller like me, in my opinion it will give anyone even more of what their Denon 103 is capable of than they are hearing now. The Cap is a great idea, well executed, and worth every penny to anyone like me that doesn't have the tools or skill to do the work themselves. Well done! "
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Hello,
I hope everyone had a good summer.
Just a quick update to say we have been working through our second batch here, and can now offer a new lower price on the Cap.
Talk soon,
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Have you ever tried making a conversion kit for capless?
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Have you ever tried making a conversion kit for capless?
...I'm not sure I follow?
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What if you made a couple special plates or such that allowed you to take the cap body off, and bolt the cartridge on without the original or your cap body? "Naked"
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What if you made a couple special plates or such that allowed you to take the cap body off, and bolt the cartridge on without the original or your cap body? "Naked"
Ahhh, yes. There are a lots of naked DL-103 variants: everyone recognizes the benefits of upgrading this cart. Rather than adding to the crowded market of the nude 103's, I found supporting the plastic body with aluminum was a fantastic upgrade. So I really just want to sick with the one simple product offering. Besides, with the Cap, no one has open up their cart and it is totally removable and replaceable...
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I have only seen ones with lots of material. I'm talking about just enough to hold screws.
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I have only seen ones with lots of material. I'm talking about just enough to hold screws.
https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=vinyl&m=1116388
like this gentleman: linked above.
It's really just a small plate of whatever material glued to the nude cart motor system.
I may have broken a few too many 103's trying to upgrade them like this...
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I guess there is risk involved. Braking the canti is not much more risky. It looks it but...
He glued his or something. I was thinking something that just goes with bolts, min effort once it is naky. I may draw something later.
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Is it machined by hand or cnc machined?
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Just ordered one for my Denon. Thanks!!!
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Is it machined by hand or cnc machined?
The Caps are CnC Machined from 6061 aluminum, then anodized hard black for durability. We test fit each Cap on a DL103 /103r before they are packed for shipping.
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Just ordered one for my Denon. Thanks!!!
THANKS!
I saw your order come in this morning. Im on the west coast; you'll get your tracking number this afternoon.
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A recent review by Joseph at the excellent JE Labs Blog:
http://jelabs.blogspot.com/2018/12/denon-aluminum-body-cap.html
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Please see: Analog Planet review by Michael Fremer:
"My conclusion is that $85 produced a significant sonic improvement."
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/denon-103-slip-over-aluminum-body-does-it-improve-sonics
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New review just published in the 2019 Summer Issue of The Occasional Magazine from Part-Time Audiophile by Marc Pillips (page 39)
https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2019/08/17/summer-2019-the-occasional-magazine/
https://parttimeaudiophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The_Occasional_Magazine_Summer_2019.pdf
"Project 103: The Cap—can you turn a nearly sixty-year-old cartridge design into a monster for less than $100...?"
"Once you install The Cap and listen to the gains in performance, you’ll probably change your tune and say: This is the best $85 I’ve ever spent on my audio system."
"The Cap seems to be the perfect solution for me—it works, it’s easy and my 103 has never sounded better. Highly recommended."
https://www.denonaluminumbody.com
Free shipping til the end of the month.