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Progress at londondecca.com

There have been two hopeful changes at londondecca.com - there is a "Coming Soon" link which promises an online store, and there is the ability to create an account for online shopping. I did so and received a welcome e-mail from Stewart Suda (I have e-mailed back and forth with a Stewart who seemed to be in charge). So I looked him up, and turns out he is the owner of Rogers Music Systems, which is the agent for Rogers speakers in the USA, based in Green Bay, WI.
So Decca is probably now an American enterprise, though repairs are, I assume, still based in the UK It has been Neil Marshall in Exeter). The online shop might indicate that new cartridges will soon be sold (he had told me he hoped for August 2024, but evidently that has slipped). I wonder if they will be made in the UK or the USA?

I’m hoping there will soon be a new generation of Decca enthusiasts!

Chris

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@oceanandmountains: In the early-90’s I had my Decca (not London) Super Gold mounted on a Rega 300 (first on an AR ES-1 table, then a VPI HW-19), a pretty good pairing. The Zeta is better.

 

@dogberry: You got me beat! I have the London/Zeta/Rock feeding a Herron Audio VTPH-1mm phono stage (U.S.A.) into an EAR-Yoshino 868L line stage (UK), into a Music Reference RM-10 MK.2 power amp (U.S.A.) powering Quad ESL’s. By the way, the RM-10 is a great amp for the Quads. 35w/ch, very stable into a reactive load with a wildly-varying impedance curve (the Quads).

 

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The londondecca.com shop is now functional and open for purchases.

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@dogberry Any news on servicing and stylus replacement costs? I reached out directly but got no reply.

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When londondecca.com was first up, they had prices listed, but that page has disappeared. The most recent info I have is that enquirers are told there is a $150 diagnostic fee, and then they will tell you what the rest of the bill will be. John Wright charged me $1300 for a full Reference rebuild, and I think the page mentioned above showed an increase to $1889.

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@dogberry I suspect the pricing will be a far cry from the £350 JW charged for a Paratrace on my SuperGold etc. Are the repairs being done in the US, and by whom? Maybe it's just a slow start and poor website design but I’m not really impressed by the whole thing to be honest.

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