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Best tonearm for London Reference Cartridge

Hi,
i have a Decca London Reference Cartridge (LRC), actually mounted in an older Mission Mechanic tonearm and would like to ask you with which tonearm one can get the most out of this wonderful cartridge.
The player is a Kuzma Stabi Reference and a Thorens TD 124, other arms i use are Sumiko MDC 800, Shindo Meursault and old Decca for ffss cartridges, but in these i haven´t tried it yet, but all these tonearm run with other cartridges so fantastic, that i don´t want to change them.
Some people recommend the long VPI 12.5, 12.6 or 12.7 tonearms. Have you some other suggestions?
Thanks very much!
breezer
breezer OP
118 posts
 
Any new recommendations?
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stringreen
6,470 posts
 
I haven't heard the Decca in years, ...thought the sound extraordinary (don't remember the arm, but was with Audio Research electronics and Infinity IRS speakers) but greatly affected by setup. The cartridge puts lots of energy into the arm. I would think that the VPI is a good choice since you can adjust every parameter. I would experiment with damping at the pivot...use just 1 drop and add a drop until the sound closes in...take out 1 drop. Its actually easy to hear.
exlibris
438 posts
 
The Super Gold sounds incredible on my Air Tangent.
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noromance
9,823 posts
 
I use a Jelco 750L 12" with my Decca MkVII with Paratrace stylus and it works great. So much so, I feel no need to upgrade. I've no idea what more expensive arms must sound like but the music just sounds right with the Jelco. There is a head shell upgrade available somewhere that allegedly brings some major improvements.
vladimir
346 posts
 
I read many years ago that the best tonearm for the top Decca is the Dynavector 507.
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