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Audio Technica P-mounts

Yeah I was looking on soundsmith and retip is more than just replacing the whole cantilever. Is that a smart move or no I will probably need to make a new thread for this topic.
 
Yeah, that probably calls for a new thread. In the case of the 205Cmk4, you want the tip, ie, the diamond, rediamonded, but everything else left alone, unless the boffins have come up with a hollow boron pipe to replace the 205Cmk4's. A given re-tipper may or may not be able to remount a new diamond in an existing boron pipe cantilever.
 
So just a follow up. I got that turntable and the seller packed it leaving the slip mat loose and it destroyed that cartridge needle. So needless to say I cried a bit lol.
 
that's some good info I'm looking on getting a cartridge and trying it out. I'm thinking of just diving into the p-mount world cause the price is still right for them.
 
wualta said:
The "special" bodies I've found are either gold or black. But I've also found black bodies that aren't "special", so the way to really be sure is to look closely at the exposed metal bits when the stylus is removed. This hobby can get pretty geeky.

Other than color, the vast majority of those first-generation A-T p-mounts are indeed the same, just with a snowstorm of different model names/numbers. Pick a cheap one and just run with it.

Not sure what you mean about "the plastic dust cover" of the AT150MLX. Do you mean the flip-down stylus guard? That should be removed when you use the stylus on a p-mount table that won't let you adjust the tracking force.
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So bringing this back up if your turntable like the Technics sl-7 can adjust tracking force than you wouldn't have to take the stylus guard off? Also, in your experience have you ever have a p mount cartridge (not sylus) go bad?
 
kceateva said:
So ... if your turntable ... can adjust tracking force ... you wouldn't have to take the stylus guard off?
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Right. You might want to weigh the cartridge with its non-p-mount stylus to see how much extra VTF you'll be getting (ie, by however much it weighs over 6.0g). Otherwise you won't know how big your adjustment, if any, should be. You might be lucky and be inside the stylus's max VTF limit and need to adjust nothing. Or you might not be so lucky and have to make a small adjustment. Weighing a proposed combination reduces the uncertainty.

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Also, in your experience have you ever have a p mount cartridge (not stylus) go bad?
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Not while it's been in my "care", no.
 
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Anyone know if Audio Technica AT122EP is one of those special body type that will give a flat response with a 150mlx?
 
kceateva said:
Anyone know if Audio Technica AT122EP is one of those special body type that will give a flat response with a 150mlx?
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I can check if you sponsor me :rflmao:Just joking, interested in this; but in any case: finding someone with a p-mount cart; dead-flat preamp and a good test record will be hard to find.. If I get a 150mlx stylus in the next couple of months, I'll gladly post the results.
 
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Anyone know if Audio Technica AT122EP is one of those special body type that will give a flat response with a 150mlx?
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Pretty sure the answer is, technically, no, though the audible difference will be very small. I have a photo of this body, and though it's not as clear as I'd like, it's apparent that it's a "single-layer" core. In the AT1#2nn series of p-mounts, I haven't yet discovered a body below the AT132EP with the second lamination layer found in the 150MLX; I'm still trying to find a good photo of the AT122LP's guts, that being the model directly below the AT132EP, at least here in the US.
2020 UPDATE: Thanks to a fellow AKer in Poland, I now have good photos of the AT122LP, and there is clearly only a single-layer pole piece visible. Again, this will only produce a small reduction in the treble.. which might counteract the brightness many find with A-T styli in their systems.
 
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thanks you guys been reading old threads hoping this get brought up. Also really loving the info on the shure 105m needle replacement.
 
I've enjoyed the abilities of A-T's original Linear Contact (A-T's name for their Shibata replacement) styli made for the 3472/3482-style p-mounts, but since they've all been cheaper, even as NOS, than LPGear's 3472 Vivid Line, I've never given the VL a try, but would be very interested to know what results AKers have had with it.
 
wualta said:
I've enjoyed the abilities of A-T's original Linear Contact (A-T's name for their Shibata replacement) styli made for the 3472/3482-style p-mounts, but since they've all been cheaper, even as NOS, than LPGear's 3472 Vivid Line, I've never given the VL a try, but would be very interested to know what results AKers have had with it.
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you have a link for that?
 
It's the same one VinylMasters put in his post earlier today: http://www.lpgear.com/product/ATN3472LC.html
2023 EDIT: If kceateva was actually asking about links for the A-T Linear Contact styli, my apologies. But even in 2016, online auction sites like eBay were virtually the only places to find those styli.
 
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LP Gear 3472 is an AT 3472. Also, you have to make sure the stylus works well at 1.25 grams VTF. Many modern styli for that cartridge want more VTF.
 
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