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Review on 🎧 Enhance Your Turntable Experience with Audio-Technica AT-VM95ML Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge in Red by Bob Taylor

Revainrating 5 out of 5

You get what you pay for.

Unbelievable - ATVM95 ML pen (red, microlinear shape) replaced my ATVM95 E (green, elliptical shape). Installed ML with included cartridge (with color connectors). It's like comparing a luthier-made classical guitar to a factory-made guitar. The ML sound has a wider range of frequencies/harmonics in the audio spectrum. The highs are clear, the mids are fatter, and the bass is fuller, even through my cheap pair of Roland MA-8 stereo monitors hooked up to a direct-drive (wired) AT120X turntable. I can't believe how good an analog vinyl LP sounds with this needle. ML has a high rating for game hours - we'll see how it goes. I have an ATVM95 C (blue conical) as an emergency backup which is also built to last but I doubt it will fit the ML. The AT VM50 SH (Shibata Nude Square Shank Stylus) is the $279 top-of-the-line model, but it has fewer hours of play. All I can say is that the $169 ML needle makes sounds you didn't even know existed.

Pros
  • price
Cons
  • I'll write later