Denon DA 307 and DA 309


Hi, anyone know the effective mass of these tonearms?

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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


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


No, look at this Denon catalog, this is DA-401 tonearm with MC cartridge DL-303

This tonearm goes with two different counterweights for MM or MC and can be used with both types of cartridges.

Here you will find it with classic DL-103 series (higher compliance version for sure). 
This tonearm goes with two different counterweights for MM or MC and can be used with both types of cartridges.
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