artto Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 Anyone else feel free to chime in on this. John, a while back you mentioned you have friend who "swears by the Decca phono pickup". I am considering buying a Decca Jubilee (and possibly a SME V to go with it). I've used Decca Plums on & off for many years primarily in a SME III with large damping paddle & sometimes a Decca International unipivot, both on a Linn LP12 TT. The Decca distributor seemed rather upset that I was using a Linn with the Decca. Said, "it will mistrack & ruin your records. Any suspension type table is bad for the Decca, but especially the Linn." He is currently using a SME IV so apparently the tonearm choice is OK. I have NEVER had ANY tracking problems. The distributor seemed to think I was "doing something wrong" to achieve this. Personally, I think the guy must be an idiot as he couldn't really give me any reason except that the arm/pickup/TT combination has a resonance at 16Hz, which I find hard to believe. This combo even tracks the Telarc 1812 cannon shots & Sheffield Lab 'Track Record' with no problems as far as I can tell. Was just wondering what your friend's (or anyone else's) take on this is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 I used a DECCA London Gold on both SOTA and Linn tables with an SME-III in the early to mid 1980's with NO problems at all. Great cartridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 Best deca i ever found was durabolon ( nandrolone decanoate ) it will take the skip out of your step . Our highschool football / strength training coach use to doal this stuff out like it was free . It's no wonder i was 5'11" 245lb's with a 30" waist at age 19 . Woops !! forgot this was an audio site . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Shomaker Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 ---------------- On 5/26/2004 3:05:55 PM DALE WALKER wrote: Best deca i ever found was durabolon ( nandrolone decanoate ) it will take the skip out of your step . Our highschool football / strength training coach use to doal this stuff out like it was free . It's no wonder i was 5'11" 245lb's with a 30" waist at age 19 . Woops !! forgot this was an audio site . ---------------- Dang!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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