Also, most of the tonearms for P-mount were cheap and light, with little or no adjustment possible.
Zero adjustments?? Sounds perfect! :)
What was wrong with the P-mount ?
So, as some of you may gather, I know very little about turntables. I mean, I know the general physics, the RIAA curve, cartridge loading, stuff any one can pick up from a book.
Sometimes I think of getting into vinyl, especially with a store right across the street, the new Techniques turntables as well as old and new Luxmans or Yamahas, and then I remember the cartridges and all the issues of setting them up correctly, cleaning the vinyl, carefully holding the LP and I return to my digital only lifestyle.
One thing I was thinking about in all of this was, what happened ot the whole P-mount industry? Perfectly reasonable idea to me. Fixed dimensions for the cartridge, adjust the tracking force, and bam, done.
What went wrong?
Sometimes I think of getting into vinyl, especially with a store right across the street, the new Techniques turntables as well as old and new Luxmans or Yamahas, and then I remember the cartridges and all the issues of setting them up correctly, cleaning the vinyl, carefully holding the LP and I return to my digital only lifestyle.
One thing I was thinking about in all of this was, what happened ot the whole P-mount industry? Perfectly reasonable idea to me. Fixed dimensions for the cartridge, adjust the tracking force, and bam, done.
What went wrong?
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Fixed dimensions for the cartridge, adjust the tracking force, and bam, done. Fixed only for one tonearm if the P-Mount cartridge and Tonearm are from the same manufacturer. When you switch P-Mount cartridge between different arm there is nothing fixed (you will have to connect wires to P-Mount adapter just like with any conventional cartridges), you will have to adjust overhand for each tonearm (they are different). Also you can’t twist the cartridge in the headshell when you want to change alignment method from Stevenson to Baerwald for example. What was the ultimate P-Mount system ? I think Technics SL1000 mk3D is ultimate, this system is factory calibrated and all you need is to insert a Technics P-mount cartridge, very simple. Tonearm and arm board is one piece, simply amazing. Instead of Technics P-mount MC cartridge i would add Technics p205c mk4 MM. Technics SL1000 mk3D is very nice, indeed. |
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