I've had my Denon DP-300f for a few days and have been playing all kinds of records on it. So far, I have mixed opinions, mainly because (I think) the cartridge is not the best. But here's my very humble assessment:

-- It looks drop dead gorgeous. The black metal finish is really eye catching.

-- I like the fully automatic functionality. I understand that 'really good' turntables tend to be manual, but I just like being able to: Put on a record and go back to vegging on the coach. No thinking invoked....... (burp, pass the junk food please)

-- The lever on the tone arm that manually raises and lowers the arm is nice, but I like a button in front better.

-- I've followed noob's advice and tried lowering the adjustments from: Two, to 1.75, to 1.5, to 1.25, and finally to 1. I found that I like 1.5 the best. But, the sound is still not as clear as I would hope. (I'll be getting a Shure SFG-2 tracking force gauge that nobb recommended and then be able to more accurately figure out the actual force).

-- The biggest problem that I have with the table is that on at least two records, the last two tracks sounded 'fuzzy', Not warm, but fuzzy. These are all really old records so I'm not sure if it is problems with the records or the table? I need to check this out more.


As a couple of questions:

1.) I got the Magic Eraser that was recommended to me, do I wet the eraser before I dip the stylus into it? Of just do it dry?

2.) Like I said above, on two records, the turntable sounded fuzzy when it get to the last two tracks of the record. Could this be a problem with the turntable??

Best Regards,
Stan