Color of the Needle inserts depend on the needle used, e.g. green for elliptical needle, brown for Shibata
otherwise black and shiny metal
Weight: 6.1 g
New price approx.: C = 39,- €, E = 59,- €, EN = 139,- €, ML = 179,- €, SH = 219,- €, SP = 79,- € . The System is also available with integrated Headshell (/H), a fee of 30,- €
color of the needle slot of the needle depending on, for example, green in the case of elliptical needle, brown in Shibata
otherwise black and shiny metal
principle: MM (cf53591af1208ddd535806600273099a moving magnet VM Vector-Aligned dual magnet Design of Audio-Technica)
frequency response: 20 – 20.000 Hz (E-needle 22,000 Hz, ML -, and SH-needle 25,000 Hz)
channel isolation: 18 dB (C), 20 dB (s), 22 dB (S), 23 dB (ML, SH)
channel balance:
Crosstalk:
output voltage: 3.5 mV (with Nude diamonds)
terminator:
induction:
Type:
AT-VMN95C conical, color, Bay, blue
AT-VMN95E elliptic, color slide-in green or black (AT-VMN95EBK)
AT-VMN95EN Nude elliptical, color slide-orange
AT-VMN95ML Micro-Line, naked (life expectancy at 1,000 hours, twice as large as type C), color slide-red
AT-VMN95SH Shibata, color, Bay brown, and the AT-LP 2022 transparent
AT-VMN95SP: for shellac, color slide-in grey
Recommended tracking force: 2.0 g (C, E, S, ML, SH), 5.0 g (SP)
needle compliance (does not apply to shellac version): static 25 x 10^-6 cm/dyne; dynamic 6,5-7 x 10-6cm/dyne (100 Hz)
AT-VMN95C conical, color, Bay, blue
AT-VMN95E elliptic, color slide-in green or black (AT-VMN95EBK)
AT-VMN95EN elliptic naked Color slide-orange
AT-VMN95ML Micro-Line, naked (life expectancy at 1,000 hours, twice as large as type C), color slide-red
AT-VMN95SH Shibata, color, Bay brown, and the AT-LP 2022 transparent
AT-VMN95SP: for shellac, color slide-in grey
needle Type can be easily through the corresponding slot changed.
If you look at the version with elliptical needle VM95 E and also its price, you can see that basically the AT 95 E is to be seen as a predecessor.
lowbeats.de from March 23, 2019, Familientest Audio-Technica VM95: 6 MM scanner under 200 Euro, retrieved on February 9, 2020.
hifitest August 2019, ... long live the king, retrieved on February 9, 2020.