Pickering

Browse Pickering vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Cartridges

• 2400Q — Little is documented about the Pickering 2400Q CD-4 phono cartridge. Period reviews confirm a Quadrahedral stylus and a $125 price in 1973.
• 400AA — Pickering Stanton 400AA: a 1960s stereo cartridge reviewed by HiFi/Stereo Review in 1963 — a lower-cost, higher-output relative of the 481 series.
• 4500Q — Pickering XUV/4500Q (circa 1975): a CD-4 phono cartridge known mainly through a High Fidelity review and Pickering's own advertising.

Phono Cartridge

• 1200E — Pickering XV-15/1200E phono cartridge: 10 Hz–30 kHz response, 35 dB separation, 4.4 mV output, 3/4-gram tracking. The top of the XV-15 line.
• XSV-3000 — Pickering XSV-3000 (1976) moving-magnet cartridge — Stereohedron stylus, $99.95, 10 Hz–35 kHz, 35 dB separation. The model that launched Pickering's Stereohedron line.
• XUV/4500Q — Pickering XUV/4500Q CD-4 phono cartridge, mid-1970s. Quadrahedral stylus, tracks at a gram or less, 50 kHz+ bandwidth for discrete quad. Period labs praised it.

Other Models

• D-140S — Pickering D-140S Microgroove cartridge — .001-inch whole-diamond stylus, 5-gram tracking, $60 list. An early purpose-built LP reproducer.
• MODEL-132E — Pickering Model 132E Record Compensator — a passive, six-position outboard equalizer for early mono LPs and 78s. No power required; voiced for Pickering cartridges.
• MODEL-190 — Pickering Model 190 pickup arm (1950–1956): the tonearm that promised 50% less tracking force, with magnetic rest, plug-in cartridge holder, and one-hole mounting.
• MODEL-260 — Pickering Model 260 turnover cartridge — a 240 LP and 220 78 pickup back-to-back, 18g, 4–8g tracking, ~70mV output.
• U-38/AT — Pickering U-38/AT moving-magnet cartridge for automatic turntables — 10mV output, 35dB separation, V-Guard stylus, $46.50 in 1962.
• UV-15 — Pickering UV-15 discrete four-channel cartridge line — Quadrahedral stylus, 10 Hz–50 kHz response, built for 30 kHz FM quad signals.
• V-15/AC — Pickering V-15/AC — the record-changer variant of the V-15 line, a 5-gram cartridge with Floating Stylus and V-Guard, built for high output and heavier tracking.
• V-15/AM — Pickering V-15/AM — the 5-gram, high-compliance V-15 moving-magnet pickup built for professional-type manual turntables, with Floating Stylus and V-Guard.
• V-15/AME — Pickering V-15/AME moving-magnet cartridge — 5g body, elliptical 0.25/0.85-mil stylus, 20–20,000 Hz, tracks to 1g. The V-15 line's tracking specialist.
• XSV-5000 — Pickering XSV-5000 Stereohedron moving magnet cartridge — samarium cobalt magnet, 50 kHz claimed response, pitched as a moving-coil answer.
• XV-15 — Pickering XV-15 — the DCF-rated cartridge family sold on 100% Music Power, with V-Guard stylus and Dustamatic brush across the line.
• XV-15/1200E — Pickering XV-15/1200E moving-magnet cartridge — 3/4-gram tracking, 10 Hz–30 kHz response, 35 dB separation. A fussy, light-tracking period piece.
• XV-15/750E — Pickering XV-15/750E — top of the XV-15 cartridge line, DCF 750, tracks ½–1 gram, elliptical stylus, $60 in 1968.