Looking for a London (DECCA) Reference phono cartridge

Another piece of advice (and opinion ;-): If you decide to look for a London Supergold (or if John has one left for sale), get it with the Decapod mount. The stock plastic bracket is a joke.

@dogberry I am in the process of acquiring a Jubilee. Could you give me a quick compare of the Jubilee to the Reference? Thanks!

@ledoux1238 I think you'll be happy with it, and I hope if it is any kind of questionable condition it has been to John Wright recently. He retires at the end of this month. It is very much like the classic Deccas in sound, but with a much heavier body as a way (I suspect) of improving tracking. I bought mine about 11 or 12 years ago and used it for two weeks. I was so impressed I bought the Reference at that point. The Jubilee didn't come out again until I sent the Reference in for a rebuild. It was able to beat all the competition I threw at it on my odyssey to find out if there is a moving iron cartridge I can live with after the Deccadämmerung (Grado Statement 3, Soundsmith Sussurro MkII, Nagaoka MP-500). I also hold in higher regard than my older LOMC carts, like the Kontrapunkt C and Benz Ruby 3. It will make you tap your toes as it is lively and detailed. The Reference takes that even further with John's own new design for the cartridge that owes only the basic theory to the original Deccas. If I'd never heard the Reference I'd regard the Jubilee as the Holy Grail, but having heard it the Jubilee is inevitably lessened in my mind. So I guess the best advice is to enjoy it and never let yourself hear the Reference!

@dogberry Thanks for the detailed explanation. The Jubilee I am about to get has indeed been sent to John Wright for a rebuilt. 

I use a Trans-Fi Terminator tonearm and the builder used to run a Reference. I always understand it to be a good fit. And in fact there is a dealer in my part of the world. But he only carries the Super Gold, which I had put off buying for a few years. 

What is involved in a rebuilt? A re-tip? 

In my case I needed a new stylus, and the cartridge had become very microphonic, which usually means one of the coils has become loose. So it would have needed the top taking off, the potting removing, coil fixed in place, new potting, new stylus and new tie back string.