Denon DL-103 and Audio Note AN-S2 SUT problem

Dover... Have you actually heard the combination?

The so called... Plonkers.... have been selling, servicing AN and building  ANK personally, not just the dealership for decades. They are very well respected in the industry for their knowledge and integrity.

What you should have said was personally, you disagree with their opinion instead of calling them names.

The 103 and AN S-2  is not a perfect combination but it is an economical one to start with. The S-2 is a  good SUT that will allow me to upgrade MC's and reap the benefits when I choose. 

Update. I now have my SUT and M6  phono at the dealership and they are checking things out. I will post when I have them back.

Cheers

Is the Denon a DL 103 or the 103R?
Dover is correct on specs.
It looks like the 103 at 40ohm is not a good match with either the  L or H version.
The 103R should work well enough with the H and be marginal with the L.
So in reality if you have the 103R it will be ok at best.
If you have just the 103 then I doubt it will ever sound that good.
Sorry......

Dear PK, In one of the early and now deleted posts, did you not say that you were advised (presumably by your dealer) that the DL103 and the ANS2 should work well together?  And now you are saying that your dealer most recently advised you the match is not ideal.  If I've got it right about your initial interaction with them, then perhaps Dover's criticism is fair.  They led you down the garden path, as it were, and in my mind they ought to make good on correcting the mismatch, again assuming you originally chose the ANS2 per their advice.  But perhaps my recollection of your earliest statement is incorrect.  (I read this thread a few days ago, before all the deletions.  It seems to me the moderators were excessively zealous in deleting so many posts, because I don't recall any nasty or unfair comments worthy of being trashed.)
In any case, I think we can say your mystery is solved: Your SUT and the DL103 are not well matched, and for that revelation you can thank Dover. What nonplussed me is the notion that AN will not release the specifications on the ANS2.  That seems preposterous for a component that is useless, unless it can be properly matched to cartridge and phono stage.  I suppose they market it as what you should use if you buy specific ones of their own AN cartridge offerings.  Thus the end user can be kept in the dark, like a puppy dog.

Update.... 

The M6 has a failed coupling capacitor. By Audio Note's own admission they have had problems with copper foil caps of these years and have now gone to a redesigned cap to avoid this.
I have recently purchased an M2 phono for a future 2nd system while the M6 is waiting on parts. The M2 has a similar phono stage to the M6..... It works very nicely with the Denon 103 MC and the AN S-2 SUT. So as several have suggested quite strongly the issue was that the Denon 103 and the AN S-2 would not work together... you were very wrong. I would suggest you base you comment on actual experience next time. Some even went so far as to say my trusted dealer had sold me down the river. The funny thing is, as mentioned in my posts, I didn't buy the M6 or the SUT from my dealer. Hmmm.. 
In addition. I have decided to replace all the old capacitors with the updated AN capacitors to avoid any possible future problems.

When the M6 arrives home I will update the thread for re confirmation.

Thanks for all the comments. 

Update... .

The M6 is back with new caps and it sounds glorious through the AN SUT 2 and Denon 103 mc.

Many thanks for all your replies.

Happy listening