Denon turntable

jacks2start
jacks2start Posts: 98
edited January 2014 in Electronics
Hey guys, new to the site and i need help. I'm getting back into vinyl at the age of 44 and am wanting to purchase a tunrtable
first.. As a teenager i really enjoyed the Denon line but i am having trouble finding, learning the denon line. i want to go with a
audiophile type setup so i was looking at the denon Dp59 all the up to the Dp100.. Vintage setup is what i'm looking for.

DP-100
DP-80
DP-75
DP-72
DP-70
DP-62
DP-61
DP-60
DP-59

Can any give there input as to what you have, or have used, and my likely trouble finding the upper end models.. I have no idea yet as to what Rec, Amp and Speakers to best match to this for the hi-fi vintage sound i'm looking for. Again i am new to trying to setup a vintage hi-fi rig.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited January 2014
    Welcome to CP!

    My friend and fellow CP member Carl (schwarcw) has a fine Denon 59L he uses in his SDA rig. The issue with some of the older higher end gear in good looking and working order is the high price.

    What are you thinking of for speakers? That will determine what you need for power requirements. That is a high efficiency speaker is easier to drive with a lower wattage receiver. In my basement retro rig I have Polk Monitor 7A's powered by Yamaha gear with built in phono stage and it sound really nice. It's hard to beat the looks and sound of vintage Marantz gear.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited January 2014
    I am watching these.

    http://uturnaudio.com/
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    Welcome to CP!

    My friend and fellow CP member Carl (schwarcw) has a fine Denon 59L he uses in his SDA rig. The issue with some of the older higher end gear in good looking and working order is the high price.

    What are you thinking of for speakers? That will determine what you need for power requirements. That is a high efficiency speaker is easier to drive with a lower wattage receiver. In my basement retro rig I have Polk Monitor 7A's powered by Yamaha gear with built in phono stage and it sound really nice. It's hard to beat the looks and sound of vintage Marantz gear.


    Well, to be honest its been alot of years since i've been into a store or any place to discuss buying or setting up a rig. I'm really a open book to hearing what other pieces fit well with the higher end Denon< hoping people could help me sorta put a whole rig
    together.. problem so far on the turntable is i dont know what prices are running or how hard it is to even locate some of the high end models. I'm looking to get the orig box,manuals, accessorys, and a mint looking and working Denon.. I expect to be in the $500
    -$700 range for the table, plus then adding a cart and stylist.. I cant even locate any of these units for sale and dont know where to look or find
    DP-100
    DP-80
    DP-75
    DP-72
    DP-70
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    edited January 2014
    Jack2 go to hifishark, select United States drop down menu then enter "Denon DP" in search box

    http://www.hifishark.com/
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    edited January 2014
    The Dp-75 is a platter only. I think the DP-80 is also. I had a DP-75 in the 1980's and loved it matched with a SME arm. I currently have a DP-72, it came w/o an arm and I put a Grace 707 on it. Its a very nice unit. ScompRacer is correct, the issue will be price. The DP-75 has skyrocketed in price I assume because they are very desired by audio afficionados. Since I purchased my DP-72, the prices have gone up. Personally, I love the Denon platters. Never had a Denon arm except on an entry-level DP-7F, which was surprisingly good for its price point. It was a P-mount, however, which seriously limited your cart selection. However, I got that one used and it came with a Shure 110HE, which also was a surprisingly good cart for the price, no longer made though.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,378
    edited January 2014
    Welcome to Club Polk. I am a long time Denon fan but, while I have had a eye on them, I have never owned a Denon TT. I have owned their high end 2 channel receivers (DRA-825R and DRA-835R), cassette decks (DRM-700A and DRA-800A), etc. I have heard good things about Denon TT's and phono cartridges.

    What equipment do you have so far?
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    skrol wrote: »
    Welcome to Club Polk. I am a long time Denon fan but, while I have had a eye on them, I have never owned a Denon TT. I have owned their high end 2 channel receivers (DRA-825R and DRA-835R), cassette decks (DRM-700A and DRA-800A), etc. I have heard good things about Denon TT's and phono cartridges.

    What equipment do you have so far?

    Hey Stan, thx for the welcome. to be honest i dont have anything yet as i'm just getting back into things as a adult.. My story is
    simply, i've always loved music and had different setups as a kid but nothing worth collecting.. I'm hoping to make friends and get some solid ideas for a setup<< each piece.. sad to say be i'm not up on what works with what yet. TT,pre, amp,speakers or TT,
    Rec,speakers or something else.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,378
    edited January 2014
    What type of system are you looking to build, home theater or 2-ch stereo?
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    skrol wrote: »
    What type of system are you looking to build, home theater or 2-ch stereo?

    2- ch stereo , old school with cd deck, and other pieces , maybe matching and with vintage speakers..
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited January 2014
    Welcome , I can't tell you which you should get but for sure I can tell to stay away from the model I have. It's a Denon DP-11F and all features work but the most annoying thing that it nevers powers off even after the LP is done and the arm is back in it's holder.To power on or off you need to push a spring loaded switch, assuming all is lined up anti skate, push start and it goes.It does have a series of LED lit commands such as lifter, speed, size, start and stop. The annoying thing is if you forget to push the high power button off you have it powered on forever which produces heat and if a LP were to be on the platter it would warp horribly and who knows might even cause a fire.Not the one to get.My cart is a Grado GF-3 again entry level stuff.
    2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E

    H/T- Toshiba au40" flat- Yamaha RX- V665 avr- YSD-11 Dock- I-Pod- Klipsch #400HD Speaker set-

    Bdrm- Nikko 6065 receiver- JBL -G-200s--Pioneer 305 headphones--Sony CE375-5 disc
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited January 2014
    I love my DP 62L. Beautiful Cherry finish. Great rig, though a little pricey. A Concept 16.5 would go very nicely with it.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited January 2014
    I had a DP 60 & 62 in the past. I honestly liked my technics 1200 better for sound. The denon looked better that is for sure but, the technics with a denon dl160 i thought sounded better on my rig.
    Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    drumiv wrote: »
    I love my DP 62L. Beautiful Cherry finish. Great rig, though a little pricey. A Concept 16.5 would go very nicely with it.


    Any idea or a lead on a concept 16.5 ????
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  • Glen B
    Glen B Posts: 269
    edited January 2014
    My Denon DP-59L has been operating flawlessly going on 26 years now. I replaced the captive cables with RCA jacks. It is currently mated to an Audio-Technica AT33EV MC cartridge.

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    Main System: Denon DP-59L | Audio-Technica AT33EV | Marantz SA-11S2 | Classe DR-10 | Classe CA-300 | Classe RC-1 | PSB Stratus Gold i's | DIY Balanced AC Power Conditioner | Acoustic Zen and NeoTech cables | Oyaide and Furutech power connectors | Dedicated 20A isolated ground line.

    Home Theater: Toshiba D-VR5SU | Laptop #1 |Outlaw Audio OAW3 wireless audio system | Marantz SR-19 | Phase Linear 400 Series 2, modified | AudioSource 10.1 EQ (for subs) | Axiom M3 v3’s | Axiom VP150 | Optimus PRO-X55AVs | Dayton 12” powered subs (x2) | Belkin PureAV PF-60 line conditioner.

    Party System: Laptop #2 | Audioquest Dragonfly USB DAC | Technics SU-A6 | Acurus A-250 | Radio Shack 15-band EQ | Pioneer SR-9 reverb | Cerwin Vega DX9's | Dayton 100° x 60° horns with titanium HF/MF compression drivers.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited January 2014
    Glen B wrote: »
    My Denon DP-59L has been operating flawlessly going on 26 years now. I replaced the captive cables with RCA jacks. It is currently mated to an Audio-Technica AT33EV MC cartridge.

    Gosh, that's pretty.
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    Glen B wrote: »
    My Denon DP-59L has been operating flawlessly going on 26 years now. I replaced the captive cables with RCA jacks. It is currently mated to an Audio-Technica AT33EV MC cartridge.

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    right in my wheel house for what i'm looking for... congrats very nice
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  • drumiv
    drumiv Posts: 171
    edited January 2014
    jacks2start wrote: »
    Any idea or a lead on a concept 16.5 ????
    I just picked one up this past weekend. It's going to my tech, then for sale.
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    thats a good thing
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  • jacks2start
    jacks2start Posts: 98
    edited January 2014
    really liking the 62L model more and more
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  • j1mmy
    j1mmy Posts: 95
    edited January 2014
    Love the Denon
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2014
    What a handsome table! Those old vintage tables just have so much more "class" than the new ones, real lookers!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2014
    My bad, double post!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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