This one has a Sumiko Blackbird Lo installed on the tonearm, and playing nicely. I have always liked the previous generation Blackbird with the elliptical stylus, and I like this one even more. An underrated cartridge. Listening to it tonight, and really cannot fault it for anything. My SOTA Cosmos Eclipse with Origin Live Agile tonearm is more dense, with a greater degree of warmth and texture, but the difference in cost is significant. The Denon is easy to use and a great casual player for me.
I paid for 5 pieces of UMHW polymer yesterday, 24 x24 x 1, and that is meant for machining a plinth for my DP80. I don't know if I will move the Dynavector off this table, it was originally slated to be paired with the DP80. But this just works together so nicely. I really have too many tables, but I just could not pass up these Denon. They are great machines, set a benchmark for what affordable analog is. With any luck I will have the DP80 in the new plinth in a couple of weeks.


