Weathers PS-11 Professional Stereo Pickup System Specifications

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Description: Amplified-bridge, ceramic-capacitor phono cartridge. Frequency response: 20Hz–20kHz, ±1dB; 10Hz–40kHz, ±3dB. Channel Separation: 40–35dB, 20Hz–15kHz. Output (1kHz at 7cm/s velocity): 8mV at constant velocity, 1.0V RIAA-equalized. Hum and noise: 60dB below 7cm/s. Channel balance: <1dB. Compliance; 20 x 10–6 cm/dyne. Dynamic mass: 0.6mg. Tracking force: 0.75–1 gram.
Price: $129.50; conversion kit for all Weathers viscous-damped arms, $91 (1962); no longer available (2019).
Manufacturer: Weathers Industries, Division of Teleprompter Corp., Cherry Hill, NJ (1962); company no longer in existence (2019).

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Weathers Industries, Division of Teleprompter Corp.
Company no longer in existence (2019)
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"The extra force also reduced the tendency for the stylus to "hang up" on accumulations of the waxy substance that appears to be present in all vinyl record grooves."
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Waxy substance? Could it be the pickup was destroying the LP's they were playing?

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