Audio-Technica VM530EN Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge – Audio-Technica

The VM530EN is a top-end elliptical stylus cartridge in Audio-Technica’s new VM cartridge line – a line that harks back to A-T’s early days as a manufacturer primarily of high-end phono cartridges, while also incorporating today’s advanced technology. Like all VM cartridges, the VM530EN is equipped with dual magnets that are positioned to match the left and right channels in the stereo record groove for outstanding channel separation and extended frequency response. The cartridge’s lightweight 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical nude stylus reduces the execution mass of the vibration system, enabling fuller frequency reproduction and less tracking distortion than a bonded stylus. Includes mounting hardware.

Features:

• VM dual magnet cartridge with 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical nude stylus
• Aluminum cantilever
• Paratoroidal coils improve generating efficiency
• Center shield plate between the left and right channels reduces crosstalk
• Durable low-resonance polymer cartridge housing
• Specs
• Frequency Response: 20-25,000 Hz
• Channel Separation: 27 dB (1 kHz)
• Vertical Tracking Angle: 23°
• Vertical Tracking Force: 1.8-2.2 g (2.0 g standard)
• Stylus Construction: Nude round shank
• Recommended Load Impedance: 47,000 ohms
• Coil Impedance: 2,700 ohms (1 kHz)
• DC Resistance: 800 ohms
• Coil Inductance: 800 ohms
• Recommended load capacitance: 100-200 pF
• Output: 4.5 mV (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
• Channel Balance: 1.5 dB (1 kHz)
• Stylus Shape: 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical
• Cantilever: Aluminum pipe
• Static Compliance: 35 x 10-6 cm/dyne
• Dynamic Compliance: 8 x 10-6 cm/dyne (100 Hz)
• Mount: Half-inch
• Weight: 6.4 g (0.2 oz)
• Dimensions: 17.3 mm (0.7″) H x 17.0 mm (0.7″) W x 28.2 mm (1.1″) D
• Replacement Stylus: VMN30EN
• Accessories Included: Four cartridge installation screws (5 mm x 2, 10 mm x 2), two washers, two hexagon nuts, non-magnetic screwdriver, brush

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