Audio-Technica AT-VM95E/H Moving Magnet Cartridge incl. AT-HS6 Headshell

Great quality head shell and needle for the price. Good sound quality and a fairly robust needle for everyday listening.

I bought one of these just last week for £79 so the current price is a real increase. Despite that, I can't recommend it enough. I've used my old Stanton 500 on an 80s Hitachi deck for years, now however it's impossible to get quality stylii for them so I took the plunge to upgrade the cartridge. Reading some hifi reviews these modern Audio Technica cartridges scored very highly. Looking on Amazon I opted for a complete new head shell option to save myself the hassle of fiddling with little wires and fitting the cartridge into the old shell. Fitting the shell takes seconds on any standard tonearm. Honestly; the sound quality is sooo much better. I am hearing things on records I've never heard before. Little details, better clarity, nice separation and depth. Plus the ground hum that was audible with the old cartridge has gone so that's a nice bonus. Great purchase.

Great cartridge... I'm no expert, but the music sounds nice. It accepts different stylus from AT. I have one stylus for New records and one for secondhand records, they are so easy to change.

Easy to set up and good results so far.

Next day delivery with Prime. Literally take the unit out of the box, attach the headshell to the arm with the locking collar, balnce the arm, check the alignment (which was spot on in my case) and set the bias. Then away you go !!! Oh, and the most important part is the new set up sounds great. Execellent tracking, seemingly fewer clicks and pops compared to old cartridge and accurate reproduction too. A great buy for the money

I was having sound issues with my turntable so opted for this genuine replacement cartridge. It literally is a question of removing the old and plugging in the new, then re-balance the tone arm and you are good to go. End result is superb sound quality again. You can go for just the stylus as a cheaper option but then that means fiddling about with wires and to be honest for the extra cost this replacement cartridge is definitely the way to go.

I purchased this cartridge (pre-mounted in a head shell to save faffing about) as a backup for my Ortofon OM10. I already own an Audio Technica AT95E cartridge, which in my opinion is workman-like but unremarkable, so I thought I'd take a punt on its replacement to make a comparison. I swapped the head shells, re-balanced the arm to the recommended 2.0 gm tracking weight, reset the anti-skate and played my favourite 12 inch (Sadao Watanabe's "No Problem") with some trepidation. The result was nothing short of staggering. Straight out of the box, the VM95E had more presence, channel separation and overall performance than the OM10. There was a very tiny shortfall on the very bottom end of the bass register, but having played several more records since I can already hear this dissipating. Apparently you are supposed to give this cartridge 20-odd hours of playing-in time. If it sounds as good as this on first use, I can't wait until it has been burned in! Considering that the Ortofon Stylus 10 costs more on its own (54-60 pounds) than the entire VM95E cartridge assembly (44 pounds), and only slightly less than the pre-mounted VM95E head shell assembly (70 pounds), there is no contest. The VM95E is musical and responsive, and has a punchy presence that the OM10 doesn't have. Horses for courses, I know, but for 44 quid you really can't go wrong.

Bought this to improve sound on my AT deck but turned out to be same as had so went back

A cápsula é muito boa e, em conjunto com a agulha elíptica, permite um ganho notável de qualidade no áudio.

使用していたオルトファンFFシリーズの買い替えで購入しました。 音質的には問題はありませんよ ヘッドシェルがもっと良ければ、少しチープに見えるかな

Superbe cellule Audio-Technica d'entrée de gamme et super pratique à installer. Très bien pensé, la cellule et le porte-cellule sont soigneusement rangés dans une boîte ingénieusement préparée avec soin. Montage hyper facile en dévissant d'1/4 de tour la bague de serrage du bras de lecture. La même chose dans l'autre sens pour monter la cellule neuve et hop ! le tour est joué. Merci aux ingénieurs japonais, les boss du game. (Je précise que j'utilise une platine des années 70 et ça fonctionne à merveille ! cf.photo).

La he conectado a mi plato de los 80 y el sonido a dado un giro espectacular. He considerado agudos brillantes y graves en su sitio. Claro está que depende del vinilo que pongo . Pero la verdad que ha dado un salto de calidad.

Un début de gamme pour ne pas endommager votre cellule haut de gamme avec les anciens vinyles qui craquent.