Audio-Technica AT-VM520xEB Phono Cartridge

All VMx cartridges feature a generator with paratoroidal coil construction: two coils per channel – one stacked behind the other – for greatly improved efficiency. A center shield plate separates the left and right channels to reduce crosstalk and maintain a clear stereo image. The copper wire used for the coils has been upgraded to PCUHD® (Pure Copper Ultra High Drawability), resulting in richer, more nuanced audio reproduction. The number of coil turns has also been slightly reduced to improve transient response, allowing the cartridge to react more quickly to signal changes for stunningly clean music with lifelike immediacy. The new, lightweight 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical nude stylus of the AT-VM530xEN reduces the mass of the vibration system, enabling better frequency response and less distortion than a bonded stylus.

We’ve also added threaded inserts to the body of each VMx cartridge, making it easier to mount (just two screws required), especially to the integrated tonearms common on high-end turntables. And a new V-cut in the stylus’s flip-up protector provides quick reference of the stylus position, serving as a guide when lowering the stylus onto a record.

Easy to Install & Use

Each AT-VMx cartridge body has threaded inserts, enabling it to be mounted to a headshell with just two screws – no nuts required. And the redesigned stylus protector now includes a V-cut for easy reference of the stylus’s position when lowering it onto a record.

Highly Efficient Generator

The paratoroidal coil construction of the cartridge’s generator – two PCUHD coils per channel, one stacked behind the other – greatly improves electromagnetic performance, while a slight reduction in coil turns* enhances transient response for clean, lifelike sound.

*Compared to VM series cartridges.

Interchangeable Styli

Since all AT-VMx series cartridges share the same body design and have a removable stylus, you can use almost any AT-VMNx replacement stylus* with any VMx cartridge for easy experimentatuioin with sound characteristics. 

AT-VMN10xCB (conical/bonded/aluminum cantilever)
AT-VMN20xEB (elliptical/bonded/aluminum cantilever)
AT-VMN30xEN (elliptical/nude/aluminum cantilever)
AT-VMN40xML (microlinear/nude/aluminum cantilever)
AT-VMN45xML (microlinear/nude/boron cantilever)
AT-VMN50xSH (shibata/nude/boron cantilever)
AT-VMN60xSL (specil line contact/nude/boron cantilever)

* Excludes mono models

Features

AT-VMx dual moving magnet cartridge with 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical bonded stylus

• 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical bonded stylus tracks the record groove with accuracy for outstanding audio reproduction

• 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 replacement styli,* offering a wide choice of options for every budget and application

*Excludes mono models