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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COMMENTS
"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."
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/weathers-ps-11-professional-stereo-pickup-system#JtjtyVFKudBv7IHc.99
Waxy substance? Could it be the pickup was destroying the LP's they were playing?
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