P-mount cartridges get a bad rap. However, some of these carts perform quite well. This thread is dedicated to those p-mount carts that are surprisingly good - or bad.
Feel free to list the p-mounts that you own, the stylus/styli that you use with it/them, and the table that you have or are using. Hopefully, others might read this and add one or two to their collection.
I'll start: I've got a pair of Technics SL-MA1 tables. One is a convertible and uses both standard and p-mount carts. The other is a more common p-mount only table.
On these tables, I use a few different cartridges:
1. Pickering XL-33U. It's an outstanding cartridge with the Stereohedron styluys, and is easily my
favorite...so far.
2. Technics P23 with a hyperelliptical stylus that I picked up from LP Gear. It's the cart I go to when I move
away from the Pickering.
3. Grado Blue/8MZ stylus. I like this combo, but have found that I prefer the sound of a different cartridge with the stylus.
4. ADC PSX-40. I didn't even know I owned this cartridge until a recent thread sent me scurrying for my
collection of turntable parts. I just ordered a pair of PSX-30 styli for it, and have yet to receive them.
That's my meager collection to this point. Please add your own.
Feel free to list the p-mounts that you own, the stylus/styli that you use with it/them, and the table that you have or are using. Hopefully, others might read this and add one or two to their collection.
I'll start: I've got a pair of Technics SL-MA1 tables. One is a convertible and uses both standard and p-mount carts. The other is a more common p-mount only table.
On these tables, I use a few different cartridges:
1. Pickering XL-33U. It's an outstanding cartridge with the Stereohedron styluys, and is easily my
favorite...so far.
2. Technics P23 with a hyperelliptical stylus that I picked up from LP Gear. It's the cart I go to when I move
away from the Pickering.
3. Grado Blue/8MZ stylus. I like this combo, but have found that I prefer the sound of a different cartridge with the stylus.
4. ADC PSX-40. I didn't even know I owned this cartridge until a recent thread sent me scurrying for my
collection of turntable parts. I just ordered a pair of PSX-30 styli for it, and have yet to receive them.
That's my meager collection to this point. Please add your own.