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AT-VM95E

The default recommendation for new decks: 2.0 g midpoint tracking, bonded elliptical, and a family of swap-in styli up to ML.

Tracking force
1.8–2.2 g (start 2.0)
Stylus
Bonded elliptical
Output
3.5 mV MM
Upgrade path
EN/ENx/ML styli swap on body
Alignment
Standard Baerwald
Anti-skate
match 2.0

How AT-VM95E Works

The VM95E is the cartridge the industry settled on: cheap, honest, and upgradeable — the same body accepts four better styli, so the upgrade path is a stylus purchase, not a re-alignment. Set 2.0 g with anti-skate matched; it tracks nearly everything well. The ML upgrade transforms it for the price of a budget cartridge.

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