VM95 Series – Stereo pickup, elliptical/naked plus headshell AT-HS6
The AT-VM95EN features a bare, elliptical, round-shank diamond needle that is ground from a single piece and inserted directly into the needle carrier. In this way, a lighter, stiffer transmission system can be achieved than with a mounted diamond needle with a titanium round shaft like the AT-VM95E. The naked diamond needle is a lot more expensive, but also offers audibly better audio quality with particularly high fidelity in treble reproduction and excellent impulse behavior.
Even the best diamond needle wears out over time - conical needles after about 500 hours, elliptical needles after 300 hours, microlinear needles after 1,000 hours and Shibata needles after around 800 hours.
For this reason, we designed our VM95 series dual moving magnet pickups so that the styli can be interchanged and the pickup itself can be used almost unlimitedly. If the stylus is worn out, you don't need to buy a new pickup, just the right replacement stylus - or you can upgrade your system with another, higher quality stylus.
All six VM95 pickup models feature the same electromagnetic drive unit (housing). The six styli in this series are therefore 100% compatible.
Specifications
Cartridge & Stylus
Frequency range 20 – 23,000 Hz
Channel separation 22 dB (1 kHz)
Vertical scanning angle 23°
Vertical Tracking Force 1.8 to 2.2g (2.0g standard)
Shaft shape of the needle round shaft, naked
Recommended load impedance 47,000 Ω
Coil impedance 3.3 kΩ (1 kHz)
DC resistance 485 Ω
Coil inductance 550 mH (1 kHz)
Output power 3.5 mV (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/s)
Channel balance at output 2.0 dB (1 kHz)
Needle cut elliptical
Needle carrier aluminum, hollow
Static needle flexibility 20 x 10-6 cm/Dyn
Dynamic needle flexibility 7 x 10-6 cm/dyn (100 Hz)
Fastening half inch, centered
Dimensions 21.2 (H) x 21.4 (W) x 62.4 (L) mm
Model AT-VM95EN/H
Recommended load capacity 100 - 200 pF
Replacement needle AT-VMN95EN
Needle dimensions 0.3 x 0.7 mil
Type VM stereo dual magnet
Weight 15.5g
Coil wire TP copper
The AT-VM95EN features a bare, elliptical, round-shank diamond needle that is ground from a single piece and inserted directly into the needle carrier. In this way, a lighter, stiffer transmission system can be achieved than with a mounted diamond needle with a titanium round shaft like the AT-VM95E. The naked diamond needle is a lot more expensive, but also offers audibly better audio quality with particularly high fidelity in treble reproduction and excellent impulse behavior. For this reason, we designed our VM95 series dual moving magnet pickups so that the styli can be interchanged and the pickup itself can be used almost unlimitedly. If the stylus is worn out, you don't need to buy a new pickup, just the right replacement stylus - or you can upgrade your system with another, higher
