Pickering cartridge identification help.

[wweigle]

I have a Pickering cartridge I would like to figure out what it is. I pulled it from a turntable several years ago, so I don't remember what brand or model it was installed on. I have done some research, and the body looks similar to the System Series cartridge I have seen on the net, but every System Series cartridge had System Series rather than Pickering on one side of the label on the cartridge, where mine has Pickering on both sides. The body of my cartridge is silver in color. The stylus that is attached is a D AT 3, but was clearly designed for a larger bodied cartridge. Is this the correct stylus, even though it appears that it was designed for a wider bodied cartridge Are there any tests I can preform with a meter to help narrow it down its specifications. I have attached photos of the cartridge and stylus. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!

 

[boreas]

What you have is a Pickering V-15 Phase IV or Micro IV (same diff.). It's the Pickering equivalent of the Stanton 600. It's a pretty decent cartridge.

You're right about the stylus. It's for a regular Pickering V-15. It's electrically incompatible as well as a bad physical fit. The Phase IV/Micro IV is a moving Iron design, whereas the regular V-15 is moving magnet. The correct stylus would be any of the Pfanstiehl 607 group. Pickering numbers would be something like D IV AME or D IV AC. (The final set of letters describes the type of stylus tip.) Stanton equivalents would come from the Pfanstiehl 821 group and have Stanton numbers like E 600 on one side and "STANTON" on the other.

John

 

[wweigle]

Thanks Boreas for the Response. Much appreciated!!!!!!