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Standard model with a MicroLine® stylus, comes pre-assembled with a lightweight aluminium headshell (AT-HS10). Distortion is low even on the inner circumference of a record because the curvature radius of the stylus tip does not alter even if the stylus becomes worn.
Using an ultra-lightweight stylus tip ground to a high level of precision, we have achieved a combination of low distortion rate with fuller frequency reproduction during playback. This stylus tip extracts every possible piece of information from the grooves on a record.
Instead of using a single, large magnet, the two magnets are arranged in the shape of a "V". The two magnets are positioned precisely to match the positions of the left and right channels in the stereo groove walls. Consequently, the VM design ensures outstanding channel separation, extended frequency response and superb tracking.
Para-toroidal coils improve generating efficiency and offers superb linearity, since leakage of magnetic flux in this continuous and unitised magnetic circuit is low. Permeability of the cores is also optimised through the use of laminated cores.
A permalloy centre shield plate enables the effective separation of left and right channels, suppressing electrical crosstalk to below 40dB. This is similar to the actual crosstalk value found in the grooves of the record itself.
Purchased this cart as a standby for my Technics SL 1210G which currently is fitted with an Ortofon 2M black, I have had a test run with the VM540ML and it’s surprisingly good though it probably needs a good run in for a more comprehensive review.
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1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
This is a class act. Detail like I've never heard before and tracking that's extended and extremely balanced and accurate. I previously owned an Ortofon Ruby Red mc butcompared to the 540 seemed thin and blurred and that was on a Linn Sondeck. I now have Rega Planar salvaged from the 80s I believe. All that glitters etc etc. You know!!
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
This was purchased as a replacement for my Audio Technica AT440MLb which I've been ecstatically happy with, so saw no reason to change from a micro line stylus, for me you can really hear a difference, especially as you get nearer to the end of an album side. The price with the cartridge installed on the headshell was excellent, and my order was dispatched and delivered really quickly. Great service
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
I'm really impressed by this pickup. After using a Hana SL MC pickup for a year and a half, I wanted to test an MM pickup. Hana is perhaps slightly more detailed and VM540ML is a little bit more lively but the difference is definitely not day and night and I think few could distinguish between the two in a blind test. Thumbs up AT!
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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