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- Reaction score
- 895

London Reference Phono Cartridge
Technical Specifications:
Type: Moving-iron/positive scan phono cartridge
Output: 5mV
Tracking force: 1.5 not to exceed 2 grams
Input impedance: 100 to 300pF
Compliance laterally: 15 x 10-6cm/dyne
vertically: 10 x 10-6cm/dyne
MSRP: $5295
"The London Reference, previously known as the Decca Cartridge, has been in production longer than stereo has been around. As a stereo cartridge, it had it’s beginning in the seventies as the Decca Phono Cartridge.
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Theoretically, because of their magnet designs, the Decca and London Reference cartridges should suffer a little by comparison with the best moving-coils and moving-magnets. However, in practice, I did not find this to the be the case. I think this is because soundstaging has more to do with low-level detail retrieval than it does with separation of the two channels. So it is not surprising that a cartridge that excels at detail and information also excels at special information. The Decca is exceptionally good at letting you hear acoustical information of the hall or venue. In my experience, this is another trait that leads to a believable soundstage.
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IN CONCLUSION
If you can put up with and take care of these two quirks, the London Reference Phono Cartridge is indeed exactly that: a reference cartridge, one that sets a reference for transparency, immediacy, and music is-in-your-room experience."
Full Review: DAGOGO.com
