This is a very valuable resource; thanks, John. I was amazed to hear the difference between two highly regarded cartridges - the Decca London Jubilee and the AT OC-9 on the first track. The reverb on the voice is much more apparent with the Decca, as are the very quite background sounds in the intro to that track.
Russell,
Yes - Dave's site is a labor of love....he's slaved over that for years with the same tracks to compare everything equally. An engineer he is you know
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He hasn't shown himself on the Vinyl Circle in quite some time now - he used to semi-regularly - I hope he's well as he's a prince of a guy.
The London Decca Jubilee is/was actually mine....I sent over for Dave to add to the site. Worst cartridge purchase of all time for me - $2000 of demi-garbage it sounds like to me: bettered by a score of $100 cartridges. I sent over to Decca in the UK to check over (for another $100) and it checked out fine they told me.
The top end isn't simply bad - it's ENTIRELY missing on that cartridge and as for vaunted dynamics, a slightly tweeked Grado (a couple drops of low viscosity silicone on the inner coils and a shibata nude stylus) tears it to shreds in every way I can hear myself.
Anyhow - not a fan of Decca. Want one cheap to see if our views concur (ha)??
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John