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Woot! Decca cartridge bargain

Picked up a Decca Grey Export with a Garrott sticker on it and a metal clamp mounting bracket. It was sold untested for $270. As luck would have it, the thing works perfectly and sounds pretty darn good on a Jelco 750L with brass counterweight tracking at 1.75g on a Garrard 401.

Compared to my Paratrace Super Gold, the Grey is slightly darker with less detail but most notable is the reduced dynamic range. The Gold soaring while the Grey is more restrained. Nevertheless, the Grey is very musical with clean bass and clear metallic cymbal brushwork. Glad I snapped it up.

Anyone know what the Garrott improvements were on a Grey?

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Hi noromance, ''Paratrace'' is, if I am right, the stylus shape made

by '' Expert stylus UK'' ? I thought that ''Expert stylus'' is ''only''

cartridge repair service. But it looks as if ''Paratrace Gold'' is

also made by Expert stylus. Can you explain what the case is?

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