VM540ML CARTRIDGE - AUDIO TECHNICA

The VM540ML MicroLine® stylus cartridge is the premier 500 Series model 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 VM540ML 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 MicroLine® stylus allows it to trace the record groove with incredible accuracy, resulting in nuanced audio reproduction that elliptical and conical styli simply can’t match. The stylus’s multilevel shape also wears better than other styli, while reducing the wear on your records.

Comes mounted to AT headshell, easily removed!

Frequency Response 20 - 27,000 Hz 
Channel Separation 28 dB (1 kHz) 
Vertical Tracking Angle 23° 
Vertical Tracking Force 1.8 to 2.2g (2.0g standard) 
Stylus Construction Nude Square Shank 
Recommended Load Impedance 47,000 Ω 
Coil Impedance 2.7 kΩ (1 kHz) 
Output Voltage 4 mV (@ 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec) 
Output Channel Balance 1.0 dB (1 kHz) 
Stylus Shape Microlinear
Cantilever TAPERED Aluminium Pipe 
Static Compliance 40 x 10–6 cm / dyne 
Dynamic Compliance 10 x 10–6 cm / dyne (100 Hz) 
Mounting 1/2” centres 
Cartridge Weight 6.4g 
Dimensions 17.3 x 17 x 28mm

Stylus size 0.12 x 2.2mil

Load Capacitance 100-200pf
Accessories Included Two 11 mm installation screws, Two 8 mm installation screws, Two washers, Non-magnetic screwdriver.