denon 304 great!

had shelf disaster
target wallshelf started to come away from plasterboard wall
orbe sliding forwards!
in the hectic dismantle and tt rescue i trashed my Rohmann(no sign of cantilever)
aaaghh
now shelf fixed with serious springy fixation thingies and reserve cart in situ
the denon really is good - detail++ solid bass big soundstage but
i do fancy getting Rohmann back up and running as its just that bit more 'musical'
any advice

 

My bro. runs a 304 (in a Townshend Rock3/technoarm) and it sounds great, no lack of musical enjoyment - in the contect of an otherwise all-naim system.

That said, as a pair of VTA 'disbeliers' to date we found that fiddling with arm adjustments really brought things to life. Might be worth a try...?

 

have left vta alone

am using tecnoarm also
basically just swapped rohmann out and denon in just roughly sorting tracking weight and alignment as per rudimentry kit that came with arm(card with hole and lines) and cart(ortofon balance)
left gain 64 and loading 1000 alone
arm looks flat(used sid and coke cut out-thanks) and thats all i've done vta wise

 

Are you mad! Putting this kind of weigh/load on a plasterboard wall is asking for trouble (that's if it's simply a modern stud partition type wall).

It can be done but you would need to find the studs and ensure the shelf fixing screws were screwed most of the way in. You could also use a wall brace system first so that the load is spread across the wall face.

I would forget the cartridge issues until the more basic things are resolved first