With its 13" platter and its thickly lacquered, 4"-tall wooden plinth, the DP-A100 looks decidedly more serious than most of its recent stablemates. And according to Jeff Talmadge, Denon's director of product development, the servo for the new model is the same one used in the classic DP-80. All in all, the DP-A100 was the rare contemporary turntable that looked at home sitting next to my own vintage Garrards and Thorenses.