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Decca carts

Has anybody tried one on an Nottingham arm? 

Has anybody ever settled on one long term/used as a daily driver.  


I've long considered taking the plunge. But I've held off as my rig is tuned to a different cart and I haven't wanted to start over. 

I'm also thinking with an ear to the future and possibly moving back to Quicksilver amps, either mid monos or prefersbly the now discontinued Mini Mites as I don't need that much power, if I can find some used, I feel there could be some synergy there in the chain. It sounds like the Decca's are super quick and live sounding and the mid monos I had previously were leaning creamy and that holographic thing going for them and it's had me wondering about the pairing. 


Thank you for any input, experiences. 

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stringreen
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There are a lot of bad Decca's out there....the good ones are excellent, but shun those bad ones.  Quality control was very poor
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noromance
1,780 posts
 
Unless you buy a Decca new, you should send it to JW for service and possibly a new stylus. Set up right, they are superb. I'm not sure I agree with your idea to ameliorate the detail and speed of the Decca with the "creamy" Quicksilver.
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fourwnds OP
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I've read about their qc problems and was thinking new or a used one that John had gone through. I do not want to ameliorate the positives of the Decca at all. Creamy may have been to strong an adjective, but I do like a bit of it in my coffee and playback  to richen it up. 
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