The new Audio Technica VMN95 range of styli are available after the company reintroduced the budget favourite AT95 cartridge. These new styli fit perfectly onto a Linn K9 cartridge. The range includes the usual conical and elliptical styli at low cost, and another (higher cost) with a nude elliptical. However, the range also includes a microline stylus (£130), and another with a shibata (£160). Has anyone tried this?
Linn K9 cartridge with new range AT-VMN stylus
- Thread starter Nick Urfe
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Briefly heard the ML and it sounded good, until the diamond went out of alignment. This was the second one my dealer has had to send back.
I bought a good condition K9 stylii for my office system instead which sounds great. I will probably come back to AT's new range in a year or so when hopefully they will be more reliable.
Worth buying from a reputable dealer that knows what to look out for.
I bought a good condition K9 stylii for my office system instead which sounds great. I will probably come back to AT's new range in a year or so when hopefully they will be more reliable.
Worth buying from a reputable dealer that knows what to look out for.
How did you find the K9's SQ compared using the K9 stylus to the AT microline?
Sorry but I didn't listen back to back and was not familiar with that particular setup either.
I wasn't really expecting it to be better than a K9 but was hoping it would have less inner groove distortion than the 95E.
