Phil Bishop
pfm Member
Exactly the same for me. I can't stop playing records with the AT-VM95ML on my Technics SL1200GR.Then you are blessed Dimitry.
I’ve listened to records for a good 45 years now.
Not bad decks, far from it, rather good cartridges too (had my first Shibata in 1982, a V15 MR, B&O 20CL, Goldring’s Gygers...) and I’ve heard that horrid inner groove mistracking/distortion regularly.
The AT ML tip solved all my problems.
Oh, the DL103 conical tip does a fine good job too, by the way: it only just plays - only just - Songbird and Last Chance Texaco.
The ML just clears everything, period.
Funnily enough, I played Rickie Lee Jones this morning. Still can't find my Rumours.
Never heard anything like it before - perfect. Not just no IGD, superb, well rounded, full bodied sound - just the sort of sound I am looking for from records and why many still love them compared to digital.
My P6/Ania is redundant.
I don't think I have come across a game changer like this cartridge for a decade or more. Records can now be played with complete confidence.
The last hi fi game changer I came across 10 years or more ago was AVI actives which I still use - can't imagine ever going back to a passive system but now AVI are no more with no service back-up I'm not sure what I'll do when my actives pack up, which they will do eventually.