Consolidating and offering up a few gems from stuff I have been hoarding. This is a tough one to put up, as it is one of my favorites. The Denon 103M is not like a bog standard 103 or 103R. This is a high compliance cartridge, with an air coil winding that has low output. .12 mV. So you will need a step up transformer, as a standard phono stage won't handle it.
I had this one retipped by Andy at the Needle Clinic, and had an upgraded line contact stylus put on it. As I read it, there were only 3000 of these made, making it a rare Denon offering. Have approximately 100 hours on it after retip, probably a good bit less.
Only reason I am selling is I am thinning my analog collection, and my main cartridge prefers to be fed directly to the phono stage. So taking the top off to reconfigure for MM setting to use a step up transformer is a hassle, and I would rather load another cartridge on my second table that has the same settings as my main one.
Someone will get a nice cartridge. Have the stylus guard but no original packaging. The flash on my camera makes the black panel on the underside of the cartridge look dusty or uneven in color, it is just the light reflection from the flash. The had shell in the photos do not come with this cartridge.
$300
