Audio-Technica AT-VM95ML Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge with Microlinear Nude Stylus,red

Product Information

AT themselves never marketed any upgraded styli for the AT95 leaving other companies to take on the task including LP Gear, Jico and The Audio Files, who’s 95P Paratrace is considered by many the best of the bunch. The VM95 Range The EMI regulationss is one point that most modern amps / receivers have such high capacity in the phono section.

AT-VM95ML or similar?!- Vinyl Engine AT-VM95ML or similar?!- Vinyl Engine

Is this brightness (I wouldn't call it shrill but it's VERY crisp) due to my other equipment (detailed below)? So, long story short, up until a couple of weeks ago I was seriously considering giving up my vinyl hobby.From what I've seen from people's comparisons between the ML and the SH its pretty much down to personal preference and system sound.

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I asked myself: but why has the Grado Reference Platinum Wood MI no problems with capacity? An engineer explained it to me. What I have understand so far it's due to different coil windig. But that's another story... I really have to crank up my volume on that LP to get any sort of decent headroom, maybe the ML will open things up for stuff like that. Is this overt crispness an anti-skate issue? I have my anti-skate set to match VTF as per AT's rec. My displays are helpful when I look at other's recorded music and I see the wave form "fill" my screen and often look like a flat top hair cut near or at 0db, compressed and limited probably to -0.5db. right to the edge. This happens way too often in pop music.

Initial Impressions

Characteristics shared between all styli are a warm, full-bodied sound that is also quite punchy. There’s a lot of drive here, though the VM95 is not voiced such that standout bumps in frequency make it an unpleasant listen. Rather it has a bit of ‘oomf’ to use a technical term that makes it, if anything, great fun above all else. It sounds much like the predecessor, though with more evenhandedness and control than the AT95, which tends to sound dry and a bit dull in comparison. VM95C Planning to get an ML stylus at some point as its a bit cheaper and it might be nice for extracting a bit more drive out of records that are somewhat constricted in dynamic range and sound compressed by default. Of course I like to have a good balance which I have more or less managed to achieve but with just a slight tip away from bright.