Denon DP-57L Turntable - Fully Restored

Denon DP-57L Turntable - Fully Restored - Beautiful!

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Round2Audio

2 жыл бұрын

Discussion and demo

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@Mr.Chirik525 6 күн бұрын

Excuse me, why install the cheapest cartridge on a decent enough record player, namely the Chinese replica AT-91, aka AT-3600?

@mostirreverent Жыл бұрын

The dampening also helps when using somewhat medium compliance cartridges with the straight arm, otherwise the S arm is better for most of today’s low compliance cartridges. I have the same table and I’m using an Audio Technica VM540 cartridge. This arm will also take the Ortofon red blue and black cartridges

@Round2Audio Жыл бұрын

A good rule of thumb for the Denon DP-57L is S arm for MC and straight arm for MM. MC generally have a stiffer suspension (low compliance) which benefits from higher mass. There is a whole art around cartridge tonearm matching and luckily with the Servo technology in the Denon tonearm you will be fine with almost anything. Thanks for your comment.

@mostirreverent Жыл бұрын

@@Round2Audio I've had good luck with an AudioTechnica VM540ML on my straight arm, and a Simaudio Moon LP110 v2 phono preamp, into a Threshold FET 10 HL

@U.Ort. 10 ай бұрын

@@Round2AudioDo you want to say which s arm is better?

@Round2Audio 10 ай бұрын

The servo technology is so effective at damping resonances that you can use either arm with excellent sonic results. The resonance peak will shift based on the masses and geometry, but the damping will keep the peak very low and spread out. The S arm can be more convenient as it takes standard headshells.

@inmatejason Жыл бұрын

I have a Denon DP-55M and its in great condition and sounds great. i recently noticed that my tone arm at the base where it connect with the wood is a bit loose. I can wiggle the entire tone arm assembly. Anyway i was wondering if this would effect the sound and how the turntable works in general? Im thinking it could cause problems with how the turntable works and possibly effecting the sound? You have beautiful turntable, did you restore it yourself? Are full autos a-lot harder to restore then a fully manual? Any chance you would you would know if it sounds better then the technics that everyone seems to have and love? I use to have a full auto and i have really been missing that auto return 😂. Thank for the vid and sry for all the questions.

@Round2Audio Жыл бұрын

Hi Jason, If the entire assembly is loose I suggest carefully tightening the two large screws that are visible on the tonearm base. One is towards the back and the other towards the right. Ideally you would use a JIS screwdriver, but Phillips #2 can work fine if you are careful. Regarding sound I am a big fan of the servo control decks, such as this Biotracer, also many Denons such as the DP-57L and some JVCs as well. It's a level of technology brought to the challenge of vinyl reproduction that we are unlikely to ever see again. The stable signal and lack of resonance can certainly be seen on the oscilloscope and for me it is meaningful as a listener. That said a well set up and aligned Technics deck (I assume you mean the iconic SL-1200mkii) can be excellent. I do restore these turntables, I always have two or three set up in my system at any one time. Thanks for your comments.

@Madjed2024 Жыл бұрын

Hello Thanks for the video Do you happen to know what is the cartridge the Denon put on this model when it came out first ? Thank you

@Round2Audio 11 ай бұрын

I've seen many of these and there is no specific cartridge, so I don't know if they even came with a cartridge mounted. Perhaps it was a dealer option.