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After our recent in-depth review of Denon’s DL-103o moving coil cartridge, I thought I’d look into one of their other core, analog-centric product categories — turntables, of course! — to see what else the stalwart company currently offers, and the flagship DP-3000NE table caught my eye.

The direct-drive Denon DP-3000NE table boasts a dark ebony finish, aluminum diecast platter (305mm), steel bearing, aluminum headshell, and an S-shaped tonearm featuring cartridge-weight adjustment, anti-skating adjustment (0-3g), and arm-height adjustment (0-9mm). This arm also allows for the use of “a wide variety” of MM or MC cartridges — with the added note of its “suitable” cartridge weight being 4-16g without the subweight, or 14-26g with subweight. Note, however, that a cart is not included with the table.

Other specs for the DP-3000NE include a 16-pole 12-coil brushless motor, start/stop control, playback speeds of 33⅓, 45, and 78rpm, PWM Vector control, wow & flutter of less than 0.06% (JIS), speed tolerance of less than ±0.3%, S/N ratio of over 70dB, arm length of 244mm, overhang of 14mm, offset angle of 20.5º, tracking error angle of 2.5º (max), power supply as 100-240V AC (50/60Hz), power consumption as less than 4W, and standby power consumption as less than 0.3W.

The dimensions of the DP-3000NE are 500 x 185 x 394mm (w/h/d), and its weight is 40lb (18.5kg), including the dust cover.

Also included with the DP-3000NE table are adjustable insulator feet, platter mat, dust cover, power cable, RCA cable and ground cable, overhang gauge, screw set for cartridge mount (10, 13, 18mm), two 1mm cartridge spacers, two plastic washers, screwdriver, counterweight, sub-counterweight, and a Denon EP adapter/weight.

Finally, the SRP for the Denon DP-3000NE turntable is $2,499.

So, should we look into reviewing this model, or one of Denon’s less-expensive table offerings, like, say, their DP-450USB belt-drive table ($699)? Chime in with your own thoughts/preferences below, in the Comments section.

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