The Denon DL 110 has a way of getting into the grooves and extracting the information contained therein with total authority. And when playing used vinyl where other and more expensive phono cartridges just give up, there is hardly a better performer than the Denon DL 110. Due to its diamond shape surface noise is all but non-existent. With high output moving coil cartridge that is able to display music in a very three-dimensional manner. Its high output allows you to use it interchangeably with a moving magnet phono input.