Audio-Technica AT-VM95EN/H — VM95 nude elliptical stereo cartridge on AT-HS6 headshell
170.00
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Dual moving magnet cartridge with a nude 0.3 × 0.7 mil elliptical stylus, pre-mounted on the AT-HS6BK aluminium headshell. A 15.5 g assembly ready to bolt onto the tonearm.
The AT-VM95EN/H is the nude elliptical version of Audio-Technica's VM95 series, supplied already mounted on the AT-HS6BK headshell. It arrives aligned and with the four leads connected, so replacing a worn cartridge comes down to bolting the assembly onto the tonearm and setting the tracking force. For anyone moving up from a conical stylus the difference shows most on demanding grooves: the nude tip, without the blob of adhesive that surrounds the diamond on budget styli, tracks the modulation more precisely and leaves less surface noise.
The generator is a dual moving magnet design with a 0.3 × 0.7 mil elliptical stylus on a nude round shank and an aluminium tubular cantilever. It is rated at 20 Hz-23 kHz, 3.5 mV output at 1 kHz and 5 cm/s, 3.3 kΩ coil impedance, 550 mH inductance, 22 dB channel separation and 2.0 dB channel balance. It suits any moving magnet phono stage at 47 kΩ and 100-200 pF, and the recommended tracking force runs from 1.8 to 2.2 g, with 2.0 g as the reference point.
The complete assembly weighs 15.5 g, a figure that sits comfortably on medium-mass arms and keeps the counterweight near its usual position. The body is shared across the whole VM95 family, so when the tip wears out you simply fit an AT-VMN95EN stylus, or take the chance to move up to Microlinear or Shibata without changing the cartridge. Every unit is assembled and tested at the Audio-Technica factory in Fukui, Japan.
Technical specifications:
- Type: VM stereo dual moving magnet
- Stylus: Nude elliptical, 0.3 × 0.7 mil
- Stylus construction: Nude round shank
- Cantilever: Aluminium tube
- Frequency response: 20 Hz - 23,000 Hz
- Channel separation: 22 dB (1 kHz)
- Channel balance: 2.0 dB (1 kHz)
- Output voltage: 3.5 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/s)
- Coil impedance: 3.3 kΩ (1 kHz)
- DC resistance: 485 Ω
- Coil inductance: 550 mH (1 kHz)
- Recommended load: 47 kΩ / 100-200 pF
- Tracking force: 1.8 - 2.2 g (2.0 g)
- Vertical tracking angle: 23°
- Static compliance: 20 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne
- Dynamic compliance: 7 × 10⁻⁶ cm/dyne (100 Hz)
- Mounting: 1/2" centre to centre
- Headshell: AT-HS6BK aluminium
- Total weight: 15.5 g
- Dimensions: 21.2 × 21.4 × 62.4 mm (H × W × D)
- Replacement stylus: AT-VMN95EN
- Coil wire: T.P. copper
AT-VM95EN/H
Specific References
- EAN13
- 4961310146511
Dual moving magnet cartridge with a nude 0.3 × 0.7 mil elliptical stylus, pre-mounted on the AT-HS6BK aluminium headshell. A 15.5 g assembly ready to bolt onto the tonearm.