Description
audio-technica VM530EN/H
Headshell – Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge Combo Kit
Overview
The VM530EN/H combo kit includes the VM530EN elliptical nude dual moving magnet cartridge pre mounted on the AT-HS10BK universal 1/2″-mount head shell.
The VM530EN is a top-end elliptical stylus cartridge 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 VM530EN 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 lightweight 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical nude stylus reduces the execution mass of the vibration system, enabling fuller frequency reproduction and less tracking distortion than a bonded stylus. Includes mounting hardware.
Features
- Available complete with head shell
- VM dual magnet cartridge with 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical nude stylus
- Aluminium cantilever
- Para toroidal coils improve generating efficiency
- Centre shield plate between the left and right channels reduces crosstalk
- Durable low resonance polymer housing
- Universal ½” mount head shell for 4-pin turntable cartridges
Specifications
- Frequency Response: 20-25,000 Hz
- Channel Separation: 27 dB (1 kHz)
- Channel Balance: 1.5 dB (1 kHz)
- Vertical Tracking Angle: 23°
- Tracking Force: 1.8-2.2 g (2.0 g standard)
- Recommended Load Impedance: 47,000 ohms
- Load Capacitance: 100-200 pF
- Coil Impedance: 2,700 ohms (1 kHz)
- Coil Inductance: 460 mH (1 kHz)
- DC Resistance: 800Ω
- Static Compliance: 35 x 10-6 cm/dyne
- Dynamic Compliance: 8 x 10-6 cm/dyne (100 Hz)
- Output Voltage: 4.5 mV (at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec
- Mount: Half-inch
- Stylus Shape: 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical
- Cantilever: Aluminium pipe
- Stylus Construction: Nude round shank
- Dimensions – cartridge: 17.3 mm H x 17.0 mm W x 28.2 mm D
- Weight: 6.4 g
- Weight Cartridge + head shell: 16.8 g
- Replacement Stylus: VMN30EN
For other examples of Audio-Technica’s MM cartridges try AT VM540ML/H
For an explanation of tip profiles go to Microsite
