Ah yes, the 103. Both it and its brother the 103R sounded suberb on the 11g Syrinx.
Sure, extreme mismatches are bad. I wouldn't, for instance, stick a Koetsu on a Black Widow or a Grace 747. Well, actually I would, but only out of curiosity and I wouldn't expect the combo to sound fabulously. The DP6 with a yellow tube will likely be borderline and less than ideal, but with a blue tube I'd be happy to put 5 bucks on it sounding superb.
Short of serious or extreme mismatches I'm perfectly happy to maintain that bearing quality is the paramount determinant of whether or not the arm will handle a cartridge, followed by overall manufacturing quality and tolerances.
If those are all covered the arm will in all likelyhood handle cartridges well outside what's recommended by that table everyone's treating like holy scripture. That has certainly been my consistent experience up until and including this very day.
Sure, extreme mismatches are bad. I wouldn't, for instance, stick a Koetsu on a Black Widow or a Grace 747. Well, actually I would, but only out of curiosity and I wouldn't expect the combo to sound fabulously. The DP6 with a yellow tube will likely be borderline and less than ideal, but with a blue tube I'd be happy to put 5 bucks on it sounding superb.
Short of serious or extreme mismatches I'm perfectly happy to maintain that bearing quality is the paramount determinant of whether or not the arm will handle a cartridge, followed by overall manufacturing quality and tolerances.
If those are all covered the arm will in all likelyhood handle cartridges well outside what's recommended by that table everyone's treating like holy scripture. That has certainly been my consistent experience up until and including this very day.