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Featuring a special line contact stylus on a 0.28 mm diameter solid boron cantilever, the AT-ART9XI replaces the AT-ART9 as Audio-Technica’s flagship magnetic core MC cartridge.

Key Features:

• Audio-Technica’s flagship magnetic core moving coil cartridge
• Dual moving coils are aligned in an inverted V shape, providing high separation and wide response for clear sound localization and minimal distortion
• Special line contact stylus ensures faithful reproduction of the music signal, and the 0.28 mm diameter solid boron cantilever provides excellent response characteristics
• Neodymium magnet and permendur yoke significantly increase magnetic energy
• Specially designed magnetic circuit provides an output voltage of 0.5 mV (1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
• PCOCC coils ensure high-fidelity transmission
• Machined aluminum base supports both the magnetic circuit and the vibration system, ensuring excellent playback stability
• Hybrid body of machined aluminum and high-rigidity plastic reduces undesirable parasitic resonance
• Threaded cartridge mounting holes allow easy installation to a headshell or integrated tonearm

Audio-Technica's AT-VMx series of premium dual moving magnet (MM) cartridges offers enhanced warmth and realism, creating an expansive and detailed soundstage. The AT-VM510xCB model features a 0.6 mil conical bonded stylus for reliable tracking and durability. Mounting is simplified thanks to threaded inserts on each VMx cartridge body, requiring just two screws—ideal for integrated tonearms often found on high-end turntables. Additionally, a new V-cut in the stylus's flip-up protector provides a quick visual guide for precise stylus placement when lowering it onto a record.

Key Features:

• AT-VMx dual moving magnet cartridge with 0.6 mil conical bonded stylus
• Conical stylus tracks the centre of the record groove for reliable performance and durability
• Paratoroidal coils improve generating efficiency for enhanced channel separation, channel balance, and transient response
• PCUHD® (Pure Copper Ultra High Drawability) coils – and fewer coil turns – deliver highly responsive, three-dimensional sound reproduction with excellent transient response
• Center shield plate between the left and right channels reduces crosstalk for clear stereo sound
• Threaded inserts make cartridge easier to mount, especially to integrated tonearms
• V-cut in the flip-up stylus protector shows stylus position, serving as a guide for lowering the stylus onto a record
• Durable low-resonance polymer housing
• Aluminum cantilever
• Compatible with any turntable headshell that accepts 1/2" cartridges
• Compatible with most AT-VMx series

Hand built mono moving magnet cartridge in Rega's custom body designed specifically for 78rpm record playback.