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Retail costs:
DP-3000NE – 2.499 euro
DL-A110 Headshell and Cartridge – 600 euro
DL-103 Cartridge – 329 euro
DL-103R Cartridge – 429 euro
Retail costs:
DP-3000NE – 2.499 euro
DL-A110 Headshell and Cartridge – 600 euro
DL-103 Cartridge – 329 euro
DL-103R Cartridge – 429 euro
Denon has a robust repute for its direct-drive designs of the previous, and the DP-3000NE is their present flagship premium direct-drive turntable. That includes a rigorously designed S-shaped tonearm with optimized monitoring, this newly improved Denon arm is provided with cartridge weight adjustment, anti-skating compensation (0-3 g), and a newly developed arm top adjustment ring (0-9 mm).
The turntable’s sturdy and surprisingly heavy building, weighing in at 18.5 kg, mixed with additional massive height-adjustable damping ft, offers a really inflexible and low-resonance basis.
The DP-3000NE incorporates the brand new SV-PWM-controlled Quartz-Locked motor system that ensures a particularly correct RPM with lower than 0.06 % WRMS. A smooth contact button begins platter rotation, and a second smooth contact button selects between 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm speeds.
In accordance with the Denon web site, the turntable even helps 78 rpm data. At first, I assumed it might have been a mistake as a result of the pace button is labeled 33/45, however when studying the handbook, I found you could choose 78 rpm by urgent the Pace button whereas additionally urgent the START/STOP button. After that, each pace lights activate to point the chosen 78 rpm pace.
The turntable comes full with a pleasant interlink and earth cable. The interlink offers a clean and non-aggressive sound. However the turntable is nicely value spending additional on interlinks. As an example, I obtained higher definition, transparency, refinement, and dynamic influence with the Driade Stream Hyperlink Reference 808.
Extra equipment: 45 RPM adapter/document weight, counterweight with additional add-on weight, aluminum headshell, cartridge adjustment gauge, screwdriver, headshell screws, and spacers
Because of the robust motor, the platter is on the goal pace inside half a flip (beneath 1 second for 33 rpm), and a pleasant additional benefit of Direct Drive is that there isn’t a belt to wear down and no components to switch. I’m notably delicate to hurry variations, however the pace was all the time 100% secure with this turntable. Lastly, however not unimportantly, the 100% seamless darkish ebony pure wooden veneer provides a really stylish contact, and a pleasant crystal-clear mud cowl completes the package deal.
The turntable’s sturdy and surprisingly heavy building, weighing in at 18.5 kg, mixed with additional massive height-adjustable damping ft, offers a really inflexible and low-resonance basis.
The DP-3000NE incorporates the brand new SV-PWM-controlled Quartz-Locked motor system that ensures a particularly correct RPM with lower than 0.06 % WRMS. A smooth contact button begins platter rotation, and a second smooth contact button selects between 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm speeds.
In accordance with the Denon web site, the turntable even helps 78 rpm data. At first, I assumed it might have been a mistake as a result of the pace button is labeled 33/45, however when studying the handbook, I found you could choose 78 rpm by urgent the Pace button whereas additionally urgent the START/STOP button. After that, each pace lights activate to point the chosen 78 rpm pace.
The turntable comes full with a pleasant interlink and earth cable. The interlink offers a clean and non-aggressive sound. However the turntable is nicely value spending additional on interlinks. As an example, I obtained higher definition, transparency, refinement, and dynamic influence with the Driade Stream Hyperlink Reference 808.
Extra equipment: 45 RPM adapter/document weight, counterweight with additional add-on weight, aluminum headshell, cartridge adjustment gauge, screwdriver, headshell screws, and spacers
Because of the robust motor, the platter is on the goal pace inside half a flip (beneath 1 second for 33 rpm), and a pleasant additional benefit of Direct Drive is that there isn’t a belt to wear down and no components to switch. I’m notably delicate to hurry variations, however the pace was all the time 100% secure with this turntable. Lastly, however not unimportantly, the 100% seamless darkish ebony pure wooden veneer provides a really stylish contact, and a pleasant crystal-clear mud cowl completes the package deal.
Inflexible versus damped building
Whereas dealing with the DP-3000NE’s tonearm to connect the headshell, I seen that the arm has appreciable play in all instructions. Even when fitted very securely, the headshell can rotate round its axis (Azimuth) by fairly a big quantity, and it doesn’t have an outlined mid-position. Moreover, the arm bearing additionally has appreciable play each front-to-aft and sideways. Upon nearer inspection, I found that I may wobble the counterweight part up and down by rotating the headshell round its axis. That’s when my preliminary infatuation began to dwindle, and suspicion arose that my pattern won’t be optimum. Not wanting to succeed in the unsuitable conclusions, I held off on listening to the turntable and despatched an electronic mail to Denon.
I’m glad I requested, because it seems that every one that is by design.
Senior Sound Engineer Rainer Finck supplied the next rationalization:
“There are two fundamental philosophies. Make every little thing as inflexible as attainable or make it free and damp it. The Denon tonearm might look standard, nevertheless it has a novel geometry, and it seems inflexible when it’s not. The so-called Unipivot (single level bearing) tonearms have play in all instructions and are often damped by a silicon oil tub. With the Denon tonearm, the damping is outlined by particular supplies.”
Along with offering Rainer’s preliminary response, Denon relayed my issues to Ryo Okazeri, Denon’s turntable engineer in Japan, who kindly responded:
“It’s comprehensible that audio intellectuals like a tonearm to be inflexible. Nonetheless, we made specific issues in regards to the arm’s bodily traits for the Denon tonearm. Particularly, we aimed to take away the standard peaks and dips within the frequency response of the tonearm pipe which are attributable to resonance and mechanical rattling”.
As an example that time, he supplied two graphical responses. Beneath are the measurements of a rigid-construction tonearm, related in design to the acquainted Technics tonearm. Notice the resonance peaks circled in pink.
“These peaks and dips grew to become a difficulty for the NHK broadcaster; thus, Denon studied this downside and got here up with the loosely coupled and dampened building as a decision.”
Beneath are the measurements of the DP3000NE tonearm; be aware the flatter response.
Mr. Ryo Okazeri continued to elucidate that the play that I seen when dealing with the tonearm is a direct results of the way it was designed. The tonearm pipe just isn’t mounted to the primary physique. Slightly, it’s mounted via a plate spring and damper.
The identical precept applies to the pivot bearing, which isn’t mounted rigidly however put in in a cushioned method.
“The Denon tonearm doesn’t seem rugged in comparison with different makers’ tonearms, and the idea is totally different from the final conceptions, nevertheless it makes loads of sense from an engineering viewpoint.”
After studying the above suggestions, it grew to become clear that damping is a serious theme on this turntable’s design, and it’s not simply within the tonearm, however it’s in all places within the turntable. From the big damping ft to the damped platter and the specifically constructed tonearm, and even contained in the headshell, the primary goal was to eliminate dangerous resonances.
I’m glad I requested, because it seems that every one that is by design.
Senior Sound Engineer Rainer Finck supplied the next rationalization:
“There are two fundamental philosophies. Make every little thing as inflexible as attainable or make it free and damp it. The Denon tonearm might look standard, nevertheless it has a novel geometry, and it seems inflexible when it’s not. The so-called Unipivot (single level bearing) tonearms have play in all instructions and are often damped by a silicon oil tub. With the Denon tonearm, the damping is outlined by particular supplies.”
Along with offering Rainer’s preliminary response, Denon relayed my issues to Ryo Okazeri, Denon’s turntable engineer in Japan, who kindly responded:
“It’s comprehensible that audio intellectuals like a tonearm to be inflexible. Nonetheless, we made specific issues in regards to the arm’s bodily traits for the Denon tonearm. Particularly, we aimed to take away the standard peaks and dips within the frequency response of the tonearm pipe which are attributable to resonance and mechanical rattling”.
As an example that time, he supplied two graphical responses. Beneath are the measurements of a rigid-construction tonearm, related in design to the acquainted Technics tonearm. Notice the resonance peaks circled in pink.
“These peaks and dips grew to become a difficulty for the NHK broadcaster; thus, Denon studied this downside and got here up with the loosely coupled and dampened building as a decision.”
Beneath are the measurements of the DP3000NE tonearm; be aware the flatter response.
Mr. Ryo Okazeri continued to elucidate that the play that I seen when dealing with the tonearm is a direct results of the way it was designed. The tonearm pipe just isn’t mounted to the primary physique. Slightly, it’s mounted via a plate spring and damper.
The identical precept applies to the pivot bearing, which isn’t mounted rigidly however put in in a cushioned method.
“The Denon tonearm doesn’t seem rugged in comparison with different makers’ tonearms, and the idea is totally different from the final conceptions, nevertheless it makes loads of sense from an engineering viewpoint.”
After studying the above suggestions, it grew to become clear that damping is a serious theme on this turntable’s design, and it’s not simply within the tonearm, however it’s in all places within the turntable. From the big damping ft to the damped platter and the specifically constructed tonearm, and even contained in the headshell, the primary goal was to eliminate dangerous resonances.
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