Cartridge for Symphonic music .

The ultimate turntable for any Decca or London is the Townshend Audio Rock, the turntable with a damping trough at the headshell end of the pickup arm. As for arms, old favorites include the Zeta, Fidelity Research, Mechanic, and Mission, but any medium-to-high mass arm with great bearings (the cartridge places great demands on them) and a very stiff tube (ditto) will work acceptably well. Art Dudley used a Rega 300 when he tested the cheapest London a few years back, and thought it worked well with the cartridge. I’d say it’s passable, but the cartridge deserves and justifies better. I asked Max Townshend about using the Well Tempered arm with the Rock, and he told me the combination of the damped arm and the damping trough was unpredictable. For any other table, linear-tracking arms work well with the cartridge. Anyone getting a new London should pay the extra for the Decapod, the optional and superior mounting top plate.

I agree with everything bdp24 mentioned.  The Townshend Audio Rock would be the ultimate platform for the DL cartridges.  I have never had a chance to test this deck but hopefully someday.

@schubert 

chactster, I used Pickering X-3000 for about 5 years till they shut down ,THE best I ever had ! How could you get one today ??  

I have my Pickering XSV-3000 backup sample in mint condition if you need one.  I've been lucky to find Stanton CS-100 WOS which is my reference in Stanton/Pickering line.  

 Please PM me with all the details chakster ,

I highly recommend the Ortofon 2M Black. It’s a spectacular cartridge and would do everything you ask for.