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    Default Decca C4E cartridge

    in light of my recent 'on a whim' purchase can anyone give me some details on this cartridge please?
    what tracking weight should i start with and pin layout?
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    If you look at what I posted yesterday you may find it useful.

    Post 7791:

    http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...176#post891176

    Tracking force is generally 2 grams give or take a bit.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    thanks,dont you mean posted today?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    thanks,dont you mean posted today?
    So it was.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    thats the first sign you know lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    thats the first sign you know lol
    Of what? I've forgotten what we were talking about.



    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    My John Wright (line contact) rebuilt C4E tracks nicely at 1.8g in my vintage Hadcock 228.

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    I was going to suggest 10g tracking in a girder type of arm..... - sorry, I'm in one of them moods tonite...

    ANY old Decca should have a service first before letting it anywhere near a precious vinyl collection. I have here a scan of a HiFi Sound review of this model (thanks to hifi dave's mag stash) and they suggest 1.5g* should be optimal despite Decca's recommendation of 3.5g downforce (vertical compliance is around '4' so this difference would barely make a change to the odd shaped 'cantilever.'), Sound was judged smooth but with marginal tracking at end of side if you weren't careful and a tonearm with a little damping was also recommended. Again, the 'direct coupled' nature of Decca sonics was praised. The response of the review sample showed nothing of the 18k resonances shown in many later models...

    * [edit] - Please don't shoot the messenger - this was from a 1968 review and Decca were asked to confirm their tracking force suggestion. The reply was that the higher weight was used when setting up for best separation figures. I am aware that top Deccas had revised suggestion for tracking force of around 1.5 - 1.75g as shown above and I seem to think the cantilever and suspension was altered to take this into account, but I can't remember where I read this, so pinch of salt time until I can verify it... P.S. Many years ago when I was starting out, I had an original Decca Blue London which tracked superbly at 1.75g or so. T'was a bit too much for me at the time, but I've often wondered what it would have been like in a better matched arm and with a properphono stage with high overload margins able to take the hf dynamics...
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    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    that will do nicely!
    1 slight concern is the last sentence,not to be used with ferrous tt's, guess what the plinth is made of on the rock2
    My System
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    Paradise Phono Stage
    Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
    PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
    Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
    Sony X555ES Cd Player
    Yamaha NS1000m Speakers

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