John is retiring soon so you may need to be quick. A Decca Pro arm would be a nicer pairing for the SH4E
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Fuck, I have an H4E I wanted him to look at. Iāll have to check, ta.
I also have the Pro arm 
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Iāve sold a couple of Decca FFSS arms/cartridges recently & to my shame didnāt take the trouble to set them up and actually listen to them. Various reasons but mainly a lot of faff for something I didnāt intend to keep. But Iād like to hear one of these older units.
Take a long hard look in the mirror young man!
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The base of the MKIās is the issue here, there can be issues with warped records, the later carts have a different base profile. The other issue with these can be hum on certain TTās too.
Here is Doreen making them
Decca Pro arm
Testing the Carts
Some early 1ās & 2ās
The last MKI I listened to was rebuilt, it had much of what youād hope for in terms of dynamics / speed etc. That said the Decca sound is a punch in the face rather than a caress if this makes sense.
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Anyone in Storrington , West Sussex ?
Sending it off to John to look at!
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Horrrrā¦ and theseā¦swoonā¦
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he is also selling a watch and pasta making machines, is he already a member here?
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Think these are actually made by Jeffrey Jackson rather than Lowther USA
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Already felt the want for these and also the other square Lowther field coils he has.
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I think heās a member ( Sid James Laugh) on the wam user name is tnorvaisas
Emporium have some L300sā¦ in slightly worse for wear condition
Wouldnāt touch em with a barge pole
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@Turningjapanese are these the same model as yours?
Muchly entertaining speakers, I would be very tempted if it wasnāt for the singing fridges in the front room
He certainly has K2s - not 100% on what variations there are with that model name though.
Theyāre my old ones, used to belong to a guitarist in his home studio. John Verity - Wikipedia
I traded them in for the Tone Scouts. I did make some new Nelson pass designed crossovers for them with a new post terminal plate but put the old one back in for the sale and kept the xovers. They do look a bit more battered and scratched than when I had them though.
They should have 2x sets of stands, the ones in the pic which are solid American black walnut and some HiFi Racks ones I had custom made.
Great speakers and price considering they normally go for around Ā£5k this side of the pond.
PS the grill covers are a work of art 
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What does the gear knob on the one on the right do?