Audio-Technica VM540ML Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge

Product Information

Model: VM540ML | UPC: 4961310157401

The VM540ML MicroLine stylus cartridge is the premier 500 Series model in Audio-Technica’s new VM cartridge line – a line that harks back to A-T’s early days as a manufacturer primarily of high-end phono cartridges, while also incorporating today’s advanced technology. Like all VM cartridges, the VM540ML is equipped with dual magnets that are positioned to match the left and right channels in the stereo record groove for outstanding channel separation and extended frequency response. The cartridge’s MicroLine stylus allows it to trace the record groove with incredible accuracy, resulting in nuanced audio reproduction that elliptical and conical styli simply can’t match. The stylus’s multilevel shape also wears better than other styli, while reducing the wear on your records.

Features

• VM dual magnet cartridge with MicroLine® stylus
• Aluminum cantilever 
• Paratoroidal coils improve generating efficiency
• Center shield plate between the left and right channels reduces crosstalk 
• Durable low-resonance polymer cartridge housing

Specifications

• Frequency response: 20 – 27,000Hz
• Channel separation: 28dB (1kHz)
• Vertical tracking force: 1.8 – 2.2g
• Stylus construction: Nude square shank
• Recommended load impedance: 47,000 ohms
• Output: 4.0mV
• Channel balance: 1.0dB
• Stylus shape: 2.2 x 0.12 mil MicroLine
• Mount: 1/2″
• Coil impedance: 2,700 ohms (1kHz)
• DC resistance: 800 ohms
• Load capacitance: 100 – 200pF
• Coil inductance: 460mH (1kHz)
• Static compliance: 40 x 10-6cm/dyne
• Dynamic compliance: 10 x 10 – 6cm/dyne (100Hz)
• Vertical tracking angle: 23°
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 0.7″ x 0.7″ x 1.1″
• Weight: 0.2 ounces

What’s In The Box

• VM540ML Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge
• (4) Cartridge Installation Screws
• (2) Washers
• (2) Hex Nuts
• Non-Magnetic Screwdriver
• Brush
• Lead Wire Set

WARNING: California Residents – Proposition 65. This product can expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.