So Lucky ........

[mnky]

Hi All

About 20 years ago my fav uncle gave me his old 301 mounted on a bit of ply he had removed from his hi fi unit. He had moved on to CD.

About 5 years ago I fished the old 301 out of the garage loft and made a birch ply layered plinth mounted a RB300 I had and bought a new old stock Empire cart. All good ... the 301 is in really good nick bless her and sounds sweet.

Anyway I remember 20 years ago it had an arm and cart (Decca FFss) and it worked ok as I remember rigging up something temporary and thinking it sounded ok. Into the garage loft it went.

Today I was reading up on the FFSS and suddenly realised I had not seen the old arm and cart for many years ....... thinking I had possibly thrown it out I was not in a happy mood this aft.

When I got home I turned the garage loft and the house loft inside out trying to find it ..... no luck ... as I thought ....it had probably gone and been thrown out during a garage loft purge. . (found a long forgotten Glanz cart during my search though).

Anyway ..... still fed up at the sheer waste of it ... I went back out to the garage and had another look ...... lurking in an old cardboard box in the loft was this ..........

Happy Days ........

- - - Updated - - -

And its a MKIII !!!!!

So chuffed I thought I'd post it up ......

Gerry

 

[Guest]

A few months ago I was given 2 Decca arms & 3 carts

Liberated from Radio Caroline.... the story goes.

So will be following this thread with interest.

 

[Guest]

Just been poking around on t'net, and found this on The Art of Sound forum

http://www.london-cartridges.co.uk/

Former Decca employee who services.

 

[AGrail]

Just been poking around on t'net, and found this on The Art of Sound forumhttp://www.london-cartridges.co.uk/

Former Decca employee who services.

Yes, John is the guy to go to here.

 

[mnky]

Hi guys

Yes ... I know of John Wright. Not sure I know what I'm going to do yet. I might rig something up temporarilly with the ffss arm on the 301 to see what it sounds like and if I decide to keep I will get it checked/re furbed. The only problem is mounting them on a more modern arm than the FFSS... might be able to fabricate something using an old ffss arm connector. Not too bothered about selling the ffss cartridge but would not sell the 301 as I regard it as a family hand down sort of thing.

 

[mnky]

my 301

 

[wee tam]

nice

 

[Parkandbike]

nice

and

Tidy

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