The 401 does not have the common "SME" style removable headshell, it was important for me so I didn't consider it. There is indeed not much information on these arms, from what I understand the 402 is considered Denon's top arm excluding the servo arm on the flagship DP-100 table so when I found a mint 402 in a sensible price I got it, it came with the S arm wand. There's also a straight arm wand available.
Hi all thanks for the info. I too am leaning towards the DA 402 due to the non removable headshell Plus the odds of getting a second headshell and weights with the DA 401. About other info , both have on the fly VTA. The 401 has a effective mass of 7.5 g. Don't know what the E M of the 402 but it is higher. I also think either arm is probably very good just in their own way. Don't think Denon at their peak would put a cheap arm on this table. I don't know why there is so little info on these TTs. Thanks again.
Very nice.
I think it is only 3mm? I've forgotten! I use it on top of the stock mat. On its own it wasn't wonderful as it seems to be too light to load the suspended platter properly, but added to stock it did a nice job of cleaning up the sound, especially in the midrange.Very nice.
Just noticed you are using an Achromat. Is that the 5mm model? What do you think? I'm looking for a new mat and that one is at the top of my list.
Did you read all the way thru this thread? There are a few posts by someone who rebuilt his DA-308 arm. You can read those and PM with questions. Also, have you tried putting fresh batteries in your digital VTF gauge? Mine tells me it wants new batteries by giving inconsistent readings. You might talk to Steve at VAS. He does tonearm repairs.
I'll guess that Denon arms were made by Micro Seiki (like most other Japanese arms of the era).
I found the template. Unfortunately there's no template for the DP-2000 that I can find. Does anyone have one by any chance?
I would print it to scale and put it on top of the base you have.
