DenonDL-304usedDenon DL-304 Moving Coil Phono CartridgeDenon DL-304 Moving Coil Phono Cartridge One of the biggest bargains in phono cartridges, the Denon DL-304 offers the fastidious listener all the virtues of a truly superlative cartridge, such as ...550.00

Denon DL-304 Moving Coil Phono Cartridge

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Ships fromAcworth, GA, 30102
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Denon DL-304
Moving Coil Phono Cartridge

One of the
biggest bargains in phono cartridges, the Denon DL-304 offers the fastidious
listener all the virtues of a truly superlative cartridge, such as sound
staging, imaging, transparency, detail, micro dynamics and frequency extension.
It lays bare the tonal colors of different instruments. Rarest of all, the
Denon DL-304 makes music come alive!

"Not to
mince words, the DL304 sounds superb....it is one of the very best handful of
cartridges available today. At the price, it's clearly a colossal
bargain."
HI-FI
CHOICE - Feb, 1992

Denon DL-304
Phono Cartridge Specifications


- Type: Moving coil

- Output voltage: 0.18mV

- Frequency response: 20Hz-75kHz

- Recommended load impedance: Over 100 ohms

- Channel balance @ 1kHz: < 1.5db

- Channel separation @ 1kHz: > 28dB

- Stylus tip: 0.07 x 0.1mm special elliptical solid diamond

- Compliance: 14 x 10-6 cm/dyne

- Recommended tracking force: (1.2g +/- 0.2g)

- Color: Gold

- Weight: 7 g

Product
Description

Classic
low output moving coil cartridge from Denon. 
This DL-304 was mounted in a Denon head shell for a static hign end
turntable Denon DP-____ display .  It
wasn’t played or used so essentially this cartridge is new.  All original box, mounting hardware, case,
mounting jig, manual and head shell is included. 

 



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Submitted by Graham Palmer a AudioPhile



Date Reviewed: April 6, 2016



Bottom Line:   

Over
the years I have owned many many cartridges, Shure V15, Linn Asak/Asaka,
Ortofon, Rega, Linn K9, Satin etc etc and this Denon walks all over any of
them. Its smooth but highly detailed, the mid range area is to die for,
absolutely no aggression and the bass, though light in texture is as deep as
any before. Over all then damn fantastic!



On top of all this praise I have to add that its also the finest tracker I have
ever known it even tracks the Telarc 1812 canon shots and yes even the last
one!!!! In fact it has never NOT tracked it and yet non of my previous
cartridges ever did remotely! I have used this cartridge now for over 4 years
on a LP12 and in an early but perfect Linn Akito arm and it just performs
perfectly and I cannot imagine it being any better in a more expensive arm!



My only moan is that i had to buy a separate phono stage because there one in
my then and come to think of it my present preamp didn't have one. I bought a
Project Tunebox 11 and that copes totally well with the low output and the duet
performes really well but I am now looking to upgrade the Project as I feel
that it might well be letting my wonderful Denon down. What I will replace it
with when it eventually dies concerns me massively as the 304 has now been
discontinued and has not yet been replaced with anything, any ideas anyone? At
£429-99 it was never a cheap cartridge so I will be looking at cartridges
costing around £500 to £600 which should tell of the quality of the 304 but read
more
lets
hope that Denon bring out a new replacement by the time I get to that stage.

Used product
for:   
More than 1 year



Duration Product Used:   AudioPhile



Product model year:   2010

 

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Submitted by dkzzzz a Audio Enthusiast



Date Reviewed: November 29, 2013



Bottom Line:   

Dark
and bassy sounding out of the box compared to Denon 103R. No sparkle and very
little excitement. I will give it a month or two and if no improvement it will
go to Ebay.

Used
product for:   
Less than 1 month



Duration Product Used:   Audio Enthusiast



Product model year:   2010

 

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Submitted by teedee303 a AudioPhile



Date Reviewed: May 25, 2010



Bottom Line:   

Very
happy with this replacement for my venerable DL-303. Used in Technics 1200 TT
with great success (12Gm effective mass arm). Sharply etched dynamics and
detail, but never strident. Excellent stable stereo image with impressive 3D
depth on many recording- voices step into the room with you. Bliss with AKG 701
headphones given new discoveries with every favourite LP. Minor issue with
surface noise occasionally, but easy to overlook given virtues (many of my LP's
are 40+ years old). Low voltage output may be a bother, but no issue with Denon
AU310 transformer and valve RIAA amplifier (5mV input).



Directly compared with Ortofon HM30 (close competitor, but Denon has just a
little more detail) and some classic MM cartridges (AKG PS8, ADC XLM, and Grace
F8C). I keep settling on the DL-304 as my preferred cartridge. Hunt around for
best price and take advantage of exchange rate movements for a real bargain.
Highly recommended.

Used
product for:   
3 Months to 1 year



Duration Product Used:   AudioPhile



Product model year:   2009

 

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Submitted by Jan Lindström a Audio Enthusiast



Date Reviewed: October 19, 2007



Bottom Line:   

Mounted
on a Linn LP12/Ittok/Lingo. Signal fed through a Denon 301 LC step-up
transformer, Ming Da 767 RD RIAA-tube pre-amp/Krell KAV 250P/A and Monitor
Audio speakers. For comparison: a Jungson SACD tube player and
Marantz/DAC-inthebox2 CD player.



Rock steady imaging. Voices sound fantastic. Extreme micro-detail level in music.
No problem with surface noise in my set-up. On the contrary a very quiet,
"dark" back-ground. The Linn and the Denon seems to love each other.
No Linn cartridge comes near in ANY area regardless of price, to the Denon 304.
Also, the Denon seems to be very neutral. No particular colouring or emphasis
on parts of the spectrum. The bass could sound a bit low at times but perhaps
the sheer clarity of the sound made it sound a bit more slim than usual. The
Denon (together with the Linn) beats the Marantz in all "HiFi"-areas
and is slightly better than the Jungson on 3-D imaging. When it comes to sheer
musical involvement, I have heared nothing quite like it, regardless of price.
Beware of the low output though = 0.18 mV. Most so called MC-inputs can´t handle
it. You need a transformer or a good head-amp. The Denon 301 adds very little
character of its own and works fine in my set-up. It is still really the
cartridge you are listening to.

Used
product for:   
More than 1 year



Duration Product Used:   Audio Enthusiast



Product model year:   2006



Purchased At:   Ebay


 

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Submitted by SteveS a Audio Enthusiast



Date Reviewed: February 15, 2007



Bottom Line:   

I
love this cartridge. The strongest suit is its fabulous midband. It almost
seems to spotlight vocals. Filigree detailing is superb and if you was more of
those moments when you just look up at your stereo and go F*%K that sounds
brilliant, buy one of these.

 

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