The Decca 'Green' cartridge

[Barry]

After an enquiry made by a new member concerning the Decca ‘Green’ cartridge, the following might be of interest.

The Decca 'Green' is a monophonic cartridge ‘head’ made by Decca as part of their ffrr / ffss range (from the Mk.I to the Mk.III designs).

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(Image: vinylengine)



Vinylengine quote the following specification:

Output: 7.5mV

Response 20Hz – 20kHz

VTF: 2 – 3g

Recommended load impedance: 50kΩ

Coil resistance: 4.4kΩ

Spherical tip radius: 0.0006/7" (though according to a Decca leaflet, this radius is stated to be 0.0009")

Compliance: 12cu (stated to be the dynamic compliance. I believe this is the static compliance, not the dynamic compliance.)


Decca also state in their leaflet on ffss stereo heads, the following:

Mono Microgrove Head
The stereophonic heads track perfectly well on all monophonic/microgroove records in good condition. The mono microgroove head is produced for -
(A) those who wish to use monophonic only system, or
(B) those who have many of the older type of microgroove records which have been worn by a pick-up of poor performance.

They also state the recommended playing weight is 3 grammes.

[Marco]

Image no worky, daftee... You'll have to host it through your Photobucket or Imageshack account, rather than linking through VE :)

Marco.

[Barry]

Image no worky, daftee... You'll have to host it through your Photobucket or Imageshack account, rather than linking through VE :)

Marco.

Done.

[Marco]

Cheers - that's better!

Always remember that that is the best way to post images on the forum. It also prevents broken links developing later, which caused all that hoo-hah recently with Malware warnings being flagged up by Google ;)

Marco.