I'm enjoying my new Denon DP-3000NE. It does better than my old Music Hall MMF 5.1 SE in the RPM WOW app on my iPhone 14.
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My old Music Hall MMF 5.1 SE:
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Subjectively I believe that I hear a big improvement. I'm still within my return window for Denon so I'm not trying to bias myself. I've been listening to records side-by-side with both my stereo and a couple different pairs of headphones. I had my "best", Hana SL MC cartridge on the Music Hall to try and disadvantage the Denon, and to be fair which ever tonearm has the Hana has the best bass. But even with my Nagaoka MP 150 MI, I prefer then Denon sound.
I'm really enjoying the DD, the ability to change head shells, and the button to change 33/45 versus having to lift the platter off and move the belt.
One thing that is noticeable is how quiet the "needle talk" is on the Denon compared with the Music Hall 5.1 SE.
The rubber mat included with the Denon also seems critical to its overall performance. I tried using my other mats but couldn't get the sound as good, VTA possibly?
Note on the measurements, I've taken 20+ readings with both tables, these are neither the best, nor the worst, just a random "middling result" No, I haven't plotted all the results in Excel.