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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?
erik_squires

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mijostyn
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Eric, the only real hassle with turntables is you have to get up every 20 minutes to flip sides. Set up is a once every 10 year thing when you change cartridges. If you take care of your records correctly, only by new ones, use a dust cover and a conductive sweep arm you never have to clean them because they never get dirty. Having said all this LPs have a euphoric character and for us old guys there are romantic and tradition factors. LP's are less convenient and more noisy which turn off a lot of young people. They are also potentially much more expensive than digital. You can set up a premium computer based system for the cost of a middle of the road cartridge. Unfortunately there is no easy cheap way to get your feet wet. Turntables are a tweaker's heaven. If you are not one, stay away.
P mount cartridges s--k by the way.

Mike
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