Audio Technica VM95

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General

  • Manufacturer: Audio Technica
  • Model: VM95 x
  • Year built: since 2019
  • Made in:
  • Color:
    • color of needle insert depends on the needle used, e.g. green for elliptical needle, brown for Shibata.
    • otherwise black and shiny metal
  • weight: 6,1 g
  • new price approx.: 30 ... 200 € (depending on needle type)


Technical data

  • Principle: MM, (Dual moving magnet: VM Vector-Aligned-Dualmagnet-Design by Audio Technica)

Frequency response: 20 - at least 20.000 Hz (E-needle 22.000 Hz, ML- and SH-needle 25.000 Hz)

  • Channel separation:
  • Channel balance:
  • Crosstalk attenuation:
  • Output voltage: 3.5 mV (with bare diamonds).
  • Terminating resistor:
  • Inductance:
  • Needle type:
    • C conical, color insertion blue
    • E elliptical,
    • EN elliptical naked, color insertion orange

ML Micro-Line, naked (life expectancy at 1,000 hours, twice as large as type C), colour of insertion red SH Shibata SP: for shellac records, colour of insert grey

  • Recommended tracking force: 2.0 g
  • Needle compliance (does not apply to shellac version): static 25 x 10^-6 cm/dyne; dynamic 6.5-7 x 10-6cm/dyne (100 Hz)

Special Features

  • Needle type can be easily changed by appropriate insertion.

Remarks[edit]

Looking at the version with elliptical needle VM95 E and also its price, you can see that basically the AT 95 E is to be seen as a predecessor.

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