Decca gold 1976 - 1984

Inspected by specialist who re-tensioned and centered the cord. This decca gold cartidge is mounted on a solid appropriate sony headshell. Unlike any other cartridge and considered by many the best cartridge in the world. Going for $1600 when new, this exemple has plenty of life left as revealed by the microscope pictures uploaded with this ad. Hard to describe the sound stage you get from a decca but I would say that If you want Miles Davis to visit you, this is the cartridge to buy. The decca manufacturing has been re-started as an american company with manufacturing in England so support is availble.

quote: 'How and why is this cartridge different from, and possibly superior to all the others?
Is it a "moving coil" or a "moving magnet" design? Neither! Only a lighter, thinner shorter, magnetically active metal foil, bearing the stylus, comprises the entire moving system. This results in lower moving mass than either moving coil or moving magnet models. The London (Decca) cartridges may be the only ones that have no cantilever, in the conventional sense. This appears to be the underpinning of their stunning success- it has been said that the London Deccas "reek of musicality."