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High end consoles like the Fisher, better Pilots, and Ampex offered magnetics. Usually with these makes, the cheaper models did not, the upper end did. When Stereo came into being, the Magnetic cartridges worthy for Stereo were pricey. The Shure M3D was $60 list then as was the Pickering of the day. And the compact phono market was very price point oriented. The upper end mono era phonographs had the GE RPX and VR II which was not only superb, but inexpensive. GE didn't get a Stereo magnetic comparable to that until 1961-1962. By then they lost their dominance.
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