yes decca london super gold..the morch arm I have is a unipivot so thinking it would work well,just need to be sure about record damage
If I had the slightest fear that some brand /model of a cartridge was possibly ever going to cause excess wear or damage to a record.........all consideration of ever using it, would immediately, vanish.
I have watched the progressive release of Decca various cartridges / and arms down the decades - and noted particular points. Therefore the idea of using one; I found and came up with too many doubts.
(1) As a quick starting side interest .... how their earlier Decca ceramic "Deram'" cartridges lost all separation at and from the 12 KHz point -upwards.
(2) Now to the main interest...the strange release of one Decca arm for the Decca Gold cartridge...where to apply tracking weight ...the user had to literally measure cut a certain length of solder, coil it and place it around the back of the arm! Talk about cheap DIY type methods !
(3) In the initial 'rush' of manufacturers to release stereo cartridges back in the 60's, the first released Decca 'Gold' cartridge had just a mere 3 units of vertical compliance. ....making it in sheer "flexibility terms" - a glorified mono cartridge .
What that vertical compliance figure is - today, in its latest incarnations - I have no idea.
(4) A long reputation since its inception for the Decca Gold' cartridge , for being a complete "b.t..h" and very heavily dependent on the tone arm used , with it.
(5) Popular opnions gathered , that the only real way the Decca Gold really started to track, was with modification with a Garrot type stlyii.
Frankly, with most of the above ...begs the question :"Who needs such hassle?"