Now it absolutely hates a dusty record and I regularly clean it with a carbon brush but when set up correctly it's a stellar performer and superb value for money.

One engineer I read said that there is no reason to go above -5db, but I think that leaving 3db of loudness disregarded as not a good practice and it lowers the rest of the music as well. Not surprisingly, the performance of the VM95ML continued to improve as the quality of the Front-End improved, with vastly increased neutrality, definition, and resolution most obvious, particularly welcome at the all-important lower levels of dynamic nuance. The VM95ML Microlinear gave a reasonably bright tonal balance with delicious retrieval of fine high frequency detail that came across with firm confidence.The microlinear profile diamond stylus provides excellent high-frequency response while experiencing less wear and distortion compared to elliptical or traditional linear contact styli. I may be I'm jaded by normally listening to first gen tapes of organ music, the fact the I really don't like the sound of Baroque tracker organs, and that I was never really impressed by E. The ML stylus is also noted for its exceptionally long playing-life, which can be further lengthened using LAST Stylus Preservative or Lyra SPT.

It tracks very well - even on more worn records, and the surface noise is far lower than a stylus with a less fine profile. Audio Technica has recently re-vamped the old AT95 line into its current incarnation – the VM95 series. Start paying for your goods from the first month and pay the same amount every month with a standard interest rate charge. At the recommended 2gm tracking force all five tracked well at 300Hz, clearing the high +15dB of CBS STR-112 test disc (+18dB is the upper limit). For the sake of this comparison, we will be pitting the Nude models against each other, the Audio Technica AT-VM95EN, AT-VM95ML and AT-VM95SH.

I can think of several of his French contemporaries that would have made for better listening and sonic comparison, e. Those differences could be exponential on your system, or they could reduced, depending on the setup.