Denon DA 307 and DA 309

Use the 2 little screws and drive yourself nuts trying to find the exact correct height, hold the vertical shaft at that exact point in space, and tighten the two little screws, all at the same time.  Easy for anyone with three hands.  Which is why tonearms with adjustable VTA towers were such a godsend. Ask wife or close friend to help.  IMO, the DA307 is a bit low in effective mass to get the best out of the Denon DL103 or any of its relatives, unless you ditch the headshell in favor of a heavier one.

Hahaha yeah, analog is a lot of work, I can understand why some avoid it. I have a few carts and I am doing some compliance calculations and such.

Use the 2 little screws and drive yourself nuts

@lewm definitely VTA on the fly is such a great thing

Denon DL103 or any of its relatives

Planning to try with the DL-301II, it is mounted on an LP Gear Zupreme, heavy headshell, total mass is around 15g and it almost offsets the DA307 counterweight, I have it all the way back at 2g tracking force,
This is a lot of work to get it right. Adjusting the VTA I tried following Mikey’s guide here:https://www.analogplanet.com/content/how-use-usb-digital-microscope-set-92-degree-stylus-rake-angle-...The microscope which I have I can’t get it flushed to the platter, I made all the adjustments with the Hifi News protractor and the DA-307 mounting template to adjust overhang and spindle location, very easy moving the armboard on the Luxman left and right, I am pretty sure there are a lot of improvements I could do but this is work in progress.Hardest part is getting a work bench adequate with light without my wife complaining that I have too much crap  all over the place.Then finding a rack, extra one, putting it in the living room without my wife complaining I have too many things all over the place and why I don’t go back to the times I stream music from my phone to my little integrated with my Elac’s B5, not that there is anything wrong with the Elacs.I think I need a bigger houseAnd I need a divorce as welland some money to buy more stuffNow she called me that it would be nice to go out, so I have to leave the TT and the tonearm half set and continue tomorrow because I need to get going
I hope the lines above will cheer some of you up, and perhaps you could relate too :)Oh some photos ....By the way the arm lift doesn’t have too much displacement, very short compared to others.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m6j01m72nt9v5tl/AADVZPzl_uly7MJldNR_nT9la?dl=0
Thanks Lew

the DA 401 is an arm dedicated to light cartridges therefore only moving magnet.

How much does your DA 307 swing?

I did a test after taking it to the laboratory for a review, this and all that can fluctuate .... it seems to me to be a bit a little but not is possible improve.
I would like confirmation if your DA 307 also oscillates so little.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F42OYnqevoc