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

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I prefer a balanced sound with nice low (tight and deep) and realistic/clean detail at the top. (lol... so I want everything in one hehehhe). Share Your Thoughts Cancel reply 14 thoughts on “ Audio-Technica AT-VM95 Detailed Review & Measurements” Is this overt crispness an anti-skate issue? I have my anti-skate set to match VTF as per AT's rec. I am also loving the SH and my experience with it ( had it about 4 months now ) pretty much matches yours.

Technica VM95ML vs. VM95SH, generically Audio Technica VM95ML vs. VM95SH, generically

The 540ML gives you an extra 5% to 10% better performance than the 95ML but it's probably not a "hearable" difference for most people with most systems. Is this brightness (I wouldn't call it shrill but it's VERY crisp) due to my other equipment (detailed below)? 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. 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. Having a AT-VM540ML, I believe that File 1 is the Audio Technica -- a shade on the bright side of neutral, and I think it shows, particularly at the end.If your system already tends to sound a bit bright then using the SH would be better than the ML, to even things out a bit. Weaknesses- Transparent to the point of seeming thin, dry character, some higher frequencies are brilliant to the point of glaring, analytically sterile presence. Lastly there is one setting which gets more important called Azimuth. You again cant adjust it on the table unless you get an adjustable headshell. Its the angle of the stylus viewed from the front. You would again need a microscope but its more reliable of an installation.

Audio Technica AT-VM95ML/H Headshell/Dual Moving Magnet

After reading some post I learned that this was due to capacity and I bought an Art Dj Pre II for 55€ - and the brightness was gone instantly. File 2 is smoother with deeper bass and better bass control. It doesn't seem as punchy as File 1, but it has more finesse.thanks Oscroft, I might take the plunge, everything thing I’ve read seems to conform the VM95ML would be more to my taste.

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I work in a Vintage Vinyl Store part time and I often bring home vinyl that sounds bad at work but then I play it on my I would love to hear some of these multi thousand pound TT set ups to hear what a really top notch set up sounds like. A bit of an update on the AT VM95ML. I'm starting to experiment with some tests using the Ortofon Test LP. This LP has some tests that my CBS STR100 does not have. Thanks OP for the write up! I’ve used the 740ml for a few years and a few months ago got a 750sh and found the differences similar to you. Both very close. More detail with the ML, a touch warmer with the SH. 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.I will listen to these both without A/Bing soon, so I can get an overall sense of the performances rendered by each.

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Ones choice may be decided by your speakers or cans being brighter or more mellow. I could live with either. Now you are at the point of which one mates better with this particular phono stage.

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I'll try to describe my takeaway w/o waxing poetic or getting too long-winded for anyone to care to read. The way is to get a phono preamp, where you can adjust the capacity to about 100pf. This should solve your problem. The EMI regulationss is one point that most modern amps / receivers have such high capacity in the phono section. Being new to terms of capacitance (and having much more to learn), can anyone shed light on why Yamaha would spec their phono stage at 470pF? And I've no doubt I'm missing a lot, but if capacitance is of such importance why aren't those specs easier to find? Maybe better suited for another thread.