Audio Technica moving magnet cartridges for Technics SL-7

  • 2017 P-mount cartridges
  • P-mount cartridge output comparisons
  • stylus suspension design

    Extracted from vinylengine Cartridge Database;  P mount, 6 g mass and 1.0 - 1.5 g tracking force:
    model tip cantilever stylus
    3003 0.3 x 0.7 mil Thin Wall Tube AT301, ATN85EP
    6006
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Nude Thin Wall Tube  
    8008
    Linear Contact Tapered alloy Tube ATN3472LC
    ATN3472SLC
    AT122EP
    0.3 x 0.7 mil   ATN122EP
    AT122LP
    Line Contact Tapered Alloy Tube ATN122LP
    AT132EP
    0.3 x 0.7 mil   ATN132EP;
    0.2 x 3.0 Vivid Line
    ATN122LPLP
    AT201EP
    0.4 x 0.7 mil bonded Thin Wall Alloy Tube ATN211EP
    AT211EP
    0.3 x 0.7 mil bonded Thin Wall Alloy Tube ATN211EP
    AT216EP
    0.3x 0.7 mil bonded Thin Wall Alloy Tube  
    AT221EP
    0.2x 0.7 mil Nude
    square shank
    Tapered Alloy Tube ATN221EP
    AT231LP
    bonded Linear Contact Tapered Alloy Tube ATN216EP
    AT300P
    0.6 mil conical bonded
    round shank
    AT300 - 331LP Install, specs
    Alloy tube ATN3472P
    AT301EP
    0.4 x 0.7 mil bonded
    round shank
    Thin-wall ATN3472BE
    AT311EP
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Thin-wall ATN3472SE
    AT311P
    0.3 x 0.7 mil bonded
    round shank
    Alloy tube ATN3472P
    (aluminum)
    AT316EP
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Alloy Tube ATN3472NE
    AT331EP
    Linear Contact Tapered alloy Tube ATN3472LC
    AT331LP
    Line Contact Tapered alloy Tube ATN3472ML
    AT3482P
    0.6 mil conical bonded
    round shank
    Carbon fiber ATN3472P
    AT81CP
    0.6 mil conical bonded
    User Manual
    ABS with carbon ATN81CP
    AT81EP 0.4 x 0.7 mil    
    AT85EP
    0.4 x 0.7 mil bonded
    round shank
    aluminum pipe ATN85EP
    AT91ECD
    0.4 x 0.7 mil bonded
    round shank
    AT90-95 Installation
    alloy pipe ATN91E
    AT92E
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Thin Wall alloy pipe ATN92E
    AT92ECD
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Spectra Alloy pipe ATN92E
    Compatible with
    ATN3472ML
    CFT4PSE
    0.4 x 0.7 mil Super Fidelity Carbon Fiber CFNT4PSE
    DR200E
    0.4 x 0.7 mil Thin Wall Tube DRN200
    DR300E
    0.4 x 0.7 mil Thin Wall Tube DRN300
    DR400E
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Nude Thin Wall Tube DRN400
    LT101 0.4 x 0.7 mil   ATN5103
    LT111
    0.4 x 0.7 mil   ATN112EP
    LT121 0.3 x 0.7 mil Thin Wall Tube ATN122EP
    M12 E
    0.4 x 0.7 mil    
    PT300 0.3 x 0.7 mil Thin Wall Tube  
    PT600
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Nude Thin Wall Tube  
    SS445
    0.3 x 0.7 mil Nude Thin Wall Tube  
    T4P REFERENCE SERIES VL
    0.2 x 2.9 mil Vivid-Line
    Instructions
    Thin-wall alloy tube ATNSERIESVL
    TC350EP
    0.4 x 0.7 mil   ATN122EP
    TM7 0.3 x 0.7 mil Thin-wall pipe ATN3472SE

    A brief history of Audio-Technica's 60 years

    • Cartridge-making Dictionary
       
    • Audio Technica founded 17 Apr 1962
    • 1962:  AT-1 moving magnet, diamond needle in uncrushed cantilever tube, higher end AT-3
    • stereo AT-5
    • 1966:  Moving Pulse test record
    • 1967:  AT-35X, first 'VM' type dual moving magnet stereo cartridge
      VM cartridge features and mechanism  
      VM cartridge history
    • AT-VM3:  first mass-production using precision moulds;
      hard duralmin cantilever only 50 microns thick
    • AT-VM35:  tapered cantilever
    • AT-VM35F:  four-channel wideband playback over 45kHz
    • 1978 AT25:  VM cartridge with toroidal power system
    • 1979 AT120E/G:  low-loss paratoroidal power system with a magnetic shield
      between channels, each with Omega (broken circle) toroidal coils in parallel
    • 1986:  AT=ML150/OCC low oxygen long crystal copper wiring
    • AT33E
    • 1987:  AT33ML using single-crystal high-purity oxygen-free copper
    • 1997:  AT150MLX
    • 2011:  AT150ANV sapphire cantilever
    • AT-VM95 vs AT95E:  VM95 has greater frequency response and higher output,
      threaded mounting inserts
    • AT-VM vs AT-VM95:  VM uses paratoroidal coil construction
      (two coils per channel - one stacked behind the other) with OFC wire
    • VM500 vs VM700:  700 has die-cast aluminum-alloy housing and tapered cantilever;
      all use 99.9999% pure oxygen free copper wiring

    T4P REFERENCE SERIES VL

    SKU:  LPGATSER05L

    T4P Reference Series VL phono cartridge for reference quality discernment and core competency in a P-mount phono cartridge.

    The T4P Reference Series VL offers very high accuracy and musicality.
    Its Vivid-Line diamond is exquisitely polished with precision and then carefully mounted on a thin metal alloy tubular cantilever for long playing life and exceptional tracing of record grooves.
    The result is a world-class performer and one of the finest P-mount cartridge crafted today,
    with exceptional fidelity to original recordings.

    T4P Reference Series VL Phono Cartridge Specifications

  • Frequency response: 12Hz-28kHz
  • Output voltage @ 1kHz, 5 cm/sec: 3mV
  • Channel separation @ 1kHz/10kHz: 29/18dB
  • Vertical tracking force: 1.0-1.5 g
  • Stylus shape: Vivid-Line diamond
  • Stylus radius: .0029 x .0002 inch
  • Cantilever: Thin-wall alloy tube
  • Recommended load impedance: 47k ohms
  • Recommended load capacitance: 100-200 pf
  • Weight: 6 g
  • Dimensions (mm): 34l x 10w x 17h
  • Stylus replacement: LP Tunes ATNSERIESVL

    CARBON FIDELITY CFT4PSE cartridge

    Code: 
    CFT4PSE

  • Carbon fiber technology for remarkable nuance and tonal complexity
  • Harmonically exquisite, refractive, large multidimensional soundstage
  • Super Carbon Fiber cantilever for excellent tactile acuity to grooves
  • Spectra Elliptical diamond for very fine tracing accuracy
  • Diamond tip r/R radii: 8 x 18 µm (.0003 x .0007 inch)
  • Developed and manufactured in Japan

    Carbon fiber composites offer 10 times the strength of steel at half the weight. Co-developed and designed with LP GEAR by Audio-Technica's best engineers, new Carbon Fidelity T4PSE Spectra Elliptical (CFT4PSE) cartridge benefits from the latest quality parts and materials technology featuring a super carbon fiber cantilever that respond to the most complex high amplitude attacks and transients as well as the most heavily recorded passages. The updated design, tight specifications, Twin-Flux™ magnets, high-quality moving system fulcrum and radial damping ring allied with a Spectra elliptical diamond tip produce music that makes you want to listen.

    Mastered to illuminate in comparison to lofty cartridges beyond the economics of most listeners,
    the CFT4PSE touches and endears the more you listen. You won't want to go back to your underperforming or pricey cartridge. You'll hear, feel and sense the music exquisitely rendered - harmonically full-bodied, refractive and refreshingly crystal clean with luminous detail spatially radiating with realness. You'll experience remarkable note clarity, projection and nuanced tonal complexity previously unheard and unappreciated.

    CARBON FIDELITY CFT4PSE Phono Cartridge Details
  • Type: Moving Magnet VM Dual Magnet Stereo
  • Mounting: P-mount
  • Output voltage @ 1kHz,5cm/sec.: 2.5 mV
  • Channel balance at 1kHz: 2.0 dB or less
  • Channel separation @ 1kHz: over 18 dB
  • Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
  • Load resistance: 47k ohms
  • Load capacitance: 100 - 200 pF
  • Stylus type: 0.3 x 0.7 mil Spectra Elliptical diamond
  • Cantilever: Super Fidelity Carbon Fiber
  • Tracking force range: 1.25 ± 0.25 g (12.26 mN)
  • DC resistance: 410 ohms
  • Coil impedance at 1kHz: 2.8k ohms
  • Phase polarity: In-phase, positive polarity
  • Recommended load resistance: 47k ohms
  • Recommended break-in duration: 30 hours
  • Color: Black, Indigo, White LP GEAR logo
  • Weight: 5.9g ± 0.5g
  • Dimensions (mm): 29.8L x 10.0W x 15.3H
  • Accessories included: Screw x 1, and nut x 1
  • Stylus replacement: LP GEAR CFNT4PSE stylus
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    Footnote:  Carbon fiber composites offer 10 times the strength of steel at half the weight.
    Each producer's carbon fiber differs from those of its competitors, and the processing details are considered to be intellectual property.  The special carbon fiber used in the Carbon Fidelity cartridges and styli is patiently and expertly considered for its signature characteristics to bring out the subtleties and finesse of music extracted from the grooves of records and LPs.
    For carbon fiber info see: "The making of carbon fiber".
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