1979
1985
The DA-401 is a very light tonearm which cannot bear Denon's venerable DL-103 MC cartridge heavyweight oldie : tracking force goes to 2g tops and the equivalent mass for the wand amounts to only... 6g.
The recommended cartridges were Denon's newer DL-303 at first or, later, the DL-305 which both had much better compliance than the 1963 heavyweight.
The 401 did keep the Dynamic Damping system inaugurated much earlier in the 70s - some people like it, some people don't.
What is funny is that Denon's earlier, heavier, tonearms did sell much better : the DL-103 did survive the Ultra-Low-Mass fad of the early 1980s, the DA-401 did not.
More right here.
| Title | Value |
|---|---|
| Type : | static balance |
| Overall length : | 32,2cm |
| Effective length : | 24,4cm |
| Overhang : | 14mm |
| Equivalent mass : | 6g |
| Tracking error : | 2° max. |
| VTA range : | 40...70mm |
| Tracking force : | 2g max. |
| 0,1g steps | |
| Max. cartridge weight : | 4...6g (small cw) |
| 6...11g (large cw) | |
| Anti-skating : | magnetically operated |
| automatic or off |
