OLD SCHOOL 1959 ASTATIC CATALOG IMAGES - WITH PRICES

[blankcrows]

Here are images of a May 1959 Astatic catalogue. Includes cartridges, needles, pickups, and microphones. 1959 prices included.....

 

[mhardy6647]

If you like that sort of thing, spend some time* at the "Technical and Engineering" section at
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/

... or just start at, say, https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Electronics_Catalogs.htm

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* Remember to occasionally stop to eat, sleep, and drink some fluids!

 

[Doug G.]

My 1956 VM "Playtime" phonograph had an Astatic model 66TS crystal cartridge on it. A flip-over with the knob on the front of the tonearm. My 1968 Coronado consolette stereo with a VM changer in it had an Astatic model 133D ceramic cartridge on it. Just the needle flipped over on that one. My sister's record player she had when she was little had an Astatic model 146 ceramic cartridge on it. Another with a flip over stylus.

Doug

 

[NoTransistors]

Some of those tracking weights are in grams, others in ounces.
None that I see are in pounds, though.

 

[Doug G.]

Well, they could "pound" out the tunes, then.

I kill me.

Doug

 

[maxhifi]

I wonder how the 13T would sound on a good arm

 

[mhardy6647]

I grew up listening to music on a 13T in a VM changer. It worked just fine -- I later put a BOTL Pickering conical in that VM and used it for quite a while; part of my first hifi (teenage years).