Audio Technica AT-VM95E/H Headshell/Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge Combo Kit (Black/Green)

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.

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.

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.

My old stylus and cartridge got squashed in the move. This new AT one fitted my old Puoneer PL-514 really snugly! It worked perfectly on the first record, David Bowie! I adjusted the tracking weight and the skitter dial and it played perfectly! My wife came in and said “that sounds good “, without knowing it was the record player.

I wasn't sure whether to junk my old Panasonic turntable. I had owned it since 1978 and was on the verge of throwing it out but it had a good, heavy turntable and the motor was sound so I gave it a go. Well, I'm really impressed. The new AT cartridge and stylus worked brilliantly and I can play all my old vinyl - some of which is pretty awful. Goodness me, did I really buy this stuff.

Excellent service from Amazon excellent product very happy thank you

Quality product excellent

my turntable is a technic sl 1800, pleased with everything but i had some issues with some albums having terrible esssing, if thats the right term, sssome ssssongs ssssounded like you're reading that, the s sound on words was awful, think, tears for fears, ssshout, sssshout sounding for instance.anyhoo im no audiophile but a quick bit or research and the main culprit was probably the stylus, so i dived in and got this.it only bloody worked!! everything sounds crystal clear and so much better than before, no distortion and even tho im not the audiophile i swear everything , not just the s words are far better than before.an easy fix for me and highly recommend