Question about Decca C4E phone cartridge

Can anyone provide me with specifications or information on the Decca C4E.
Is it a moving coil type? I have one that I'm going to sell. It appears to
be unused, as there is no visible wear @ X20 microscope magnification.

Gordon

In article Zv8Xb.27076$jk2.67959@attbi_s53,
Gordon wrote:
Can anyone provide me with specifications or information on the Decca
C4E. Is it a moving coil type? I have one that I'm going to sell. It
appears to be unused, as there is no visible wear @ X20 microscope
magnification.

Moving magnet, IIRC. Think I've got details of an SC4E somewhere - which
was the 'selected' version.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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In article Zv8Xb.27076$jk2.67959@attbi_s53,
Gordon wrote:
Can anyone provide me with specifications or information on the Decca
C4E. Is it a moving coil type? I have one that I'm going to sell. It
appears to be unused, as there is no visible wear @ X20 microscope
magnification.

Moving magnet, IIRC. Think I've got details of an SC4E somewhere - which
was the 'selected' version.

From the 1968/69 HiFi Yearbook :
FFSS Mk4 Cartridge C4E - Stereo/Mono cartridge. FR 20Hz - 20KHz (20Hz -
16KHz +/-2db). Separation as for Mk3. Output 5mv at 5cm/sec per channel.
Stylus 0.3 x 0.65 thou elliptical diamond. Pw 1 to 2.5 gm. Compliance 30 x
10(-6) lateral & 6 x 10(-6) vertical. Rec. load 50K. Output from each
channel balanced within 1db. Price UKP 18.3s.3d (plus UKP3.17s.9d PT)

Thanks for the info Dave.

Gordon
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In article Zv8Xb.27076$jk2.67959@attbi_s53,
Gordon wrote:
Can anyone provide me with specifications or information on the Decca
C4E. Is it a moving coil type? I have one that I'm going to sell. It
appears to be unused, as there is no visible wear @ X20 microscope
magnification.

Moving magnet, IIRC. Think I've got details of an SC4E somewhere - which
was the 'selected' version.

From the 1968/69 HiFi Yearbook :
FFSS Mk4 Cartridge C4E - Stereo/Mono cartridge. FR 20Hz - 20KHz (20Hz -
16KHz +/-2db). Separation as for Mk3. Output 5mv at 5cm/sec per channel.
Stylus 0.3 x 0.65 thou elliptical diamond. Pw 1 to 2.5 gm. Compliance 30 x
10(-6) lateral & 6 x 10(-6) vertical. Rec. load 50K. Output from each
channel balanced within 1db. Price UKP 18.3s.3d (plus UKP3.17s.9d PT)

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Keith \Dingo Breath\ wrote:
Can anyone provide me with specifications or information on the Decca
C4E. Is it a moving coil type? I have one that I'm going to sell. It
appears to be unused, as there is no visible wear @ X20 microscope
magnification.

There's been a rather recent development (recent in geological time)
called compact discs. Look into it silly buggers.

Perhaps that's why he's selling it, pillock?

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*A backward poet writes inverse.*

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Hey Dinko,
I was probably playing CD's before you were born, you stupid bugger.

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"Gordon" wrote in
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Can anyone provide me with specifications or information on the Decca
C4E. Is it a moving coil type? I have one that I'm going to sell. It
appears to be unused, as there is no visible wear @ X20 microscope
magnification.

There's been a rather recent development (recent in geological time)
called
compact discs. Look into it silly buggers.

Go play with your MP-3's!

"Keith "Dingo Breath" Garratt" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote in news:myBXb.39901$uV3.71053
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Hey Dinko,
I was probably playing CD's before you were born, you stupid bugger.
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Stupid? The humour here is that you're the one spending $$$ on 1920's
technology that delivers doubtful benefits. Sad git.