The Palladian-A step beyond


The new cartridge from Acoustical Systems may finally be the LOMC to fully realise the theoretical advantages of the genus.
And convince those long-suffering audiophiles to whom the 'modern' MC presentation has been anathema to 'live sound'....that the realism of vintage LOMCs like the SPUs and FR-7 series has finally been recaptured 👀
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Dear Chris, Your bartering skills are worthless. You should know

that our Halcro is ''some Aussie'' and not an Arab. But if you

own some of those Patek Phillip watches or old Porsches I am

sure that you can get his Decca. He obviously has many hobbies

all of them pretty expensive so the ''bartering art'' means to find

the right exchange items. I don't believe that camels will do

regardless of their quantity.

Hello Halcro & Chris,

FWIW a friend had good results with a London Decca Reference on his Terminator linear tonearm, then tasted an Acutex LPM320STR and sold the Decca.

FWIW a friend had good results with a London Decca Reference on his Terminator linear tonearm, then tasted an Acutex LPM320STR and sold the Decca.

I can believe that.....
Did you get to hear the Decca in the Terminator yourself..?
Halcro
I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone running it on a straight tracker.


http://www.decibelhifi.com.au/london-reference-pickup-arm/

is that dealer located near you Henry ?

I run a custom ET 2.5 straight tracker. It has patents. Mine is a custom built unit from Bruce Thigpen. It also has this special joint part that we call the Gooseneck, that I was able to acquire from your neighbor New Zealand, courtesy of Richard Krebs. Also a custom ET2 straight tracker user.

fwiw

My tonearm has been, with the exchange of appropriate armwands and leaf springs for compliance tuning, able to handle everything from a lightweight Sonus Blue Gold to the XV1. So not worried about the Decca. As long as the records off-center is decent, and the air really good, the arm can handle anything mounted to it.

Thanks for that Link Chris.
Interesting to see.....although that dealer is in Queensland, nearly 1000 Kms north of Sydney 😝