London Decca experienced reviewers have stated unequivocally that no other cartridge in the world can match the London Decca’s head-spinning musical realism. Another claims it sets an example for all other cartridges (presumably, including more costly ones), in the area of dynamics, rhythm, pacing and timing. How and why is this cartridge different from, and possibly superior to all the others? Is it a “moving coil” or a “moving magnet” design? Neither! Only a lighter, thinner shorter, magnetically active metal foil, bearing the stylus, comprises the entire moving system . This results in lower moving mass than either moving coil or moving magnet models.The London Decca cartridges may be the only ones, which have no cantilever in the conventional sense. This appears to be the underpinning of their stunning success - it has been said that the London Decca’s “reek of musicality.”
