Parallel trackers can, and maybe the Dynavector arms (not sure).The problem as I see it is the Deccas all have radically different compliance in the vertical and horizontal plane, so basically no arm can ever be 'right'!
Deccas aren't compliant in any plane, so it's only a question of degree really.
Yes, although it's at the not very compliant end of 'normal'. There is no cantilever and not much in the way of any suspension.I thought they had no compliance in the vertical plane (beyond a one-time working/broken state) and something far more normal in the horizontal.
The head versions series 1-4 are regularly on ebay, but the SME adaptors are scarce and expensive (c£80-100) and there are two versions - 3 and 4 pin. If you get the 4 pin version (which is the more common), you will need to disconnect one of the arm wires since Deccas use a common ground wire and the 'extra' pin is wired to the other side of the lateral coil to give you mono. If you use it with the 4th wire connected to ground it won't work very well.I keep meaning to get one. I rather fancy one of the later bakelite FFSS types and the adapter for a SME headshell-mount as that's what is on my deck.
I don't see why not.I have a SME 309, could it be a valid choice?
I'd like to try a Graham arm ... one day.I used Graham Phantom with my SC4E's with a little damping.
I can remember reading that the Decca cartridge had a quoted , very low vertical compliance of 3 CU.. Behind an assumed basis theory by them (reported at the this cartridge's inception) that a stylus when operating in the vertical plane has gravitational forces to control " the hill & dale movements" rising in the grooves - but little or none in the descent plane.
I’m sure oxforddoc has used a haddock tonearm for years with a decca Cartridge.I used a Hadcock for mine. The combination ruined many records.