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james73_2010
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I'd love to hear that stylus on my AT450E cartridge.Look at the cantilever and stylus tip on this puppy...it is narrower than the line it should cover on my protractor !!!
If you're a bit worried about breaking it, get a hold of the lesser stylli in the same
family for general listening, like the AT130E or AT120E. Neither will break the bank
and will give you a different sound to enjoy.
James H
arcorob
Addicted Member
Not worried at all
Not worried at all..she is mated..lol..no, just saying the toughest part was trying to see the damn thing on a a protractor.
Would not move down...for general listening I have a Dual with an At440Mla...so...both serve me well..
I'd love to hear that stylus on my AT450E cartridge.
If you're a bit worried about breaking it, get a hold of the lesser stylli in the same
family for general listening, like the AT130E or AT120E. Neither will break the bank
and will give you a different sound to enjoy.
James H
Not worried at all..she is mated..lol..no, just saying the toughest part was trying to see the damn thing on a a protractor.
Would not move down...for general listening I have a Dual with an At440Mla...so...both serve me well..
BrocLuno
Lunatic Member
No Ben, you can't play with MY AT 150MLx either. Because I already broke a cantilever. It's tough, but not tough enough. One really hard lateral needle drop and poof - gone. I have a spare, but I'm not going to mount it until the JVC QL Y5F is up and running with it's magneto servo arm. In the meantime, it wears an MLa, and even then it sounds better than a 440 
Glad you like it, but dude, you're late to the party
Glad you like it, but dude, you're late to the party
I noticed that too. What a bargain.
illini
The Past is Alive
And now, after 1293 hours of usage on clean records and dry brushing the stylus every 1/2 lp, I have replaced my #2 atn150mlx stylus.
I was playing the Na Na Na track on my brand new The Knife - Silent Shout double lp the other night when I heard a slight but obvious uniform distortion in the high frequency vocals and music.
So I whipped out my sl-b100 / at92ecd and sl-qx300 / at3472ml combos to compare, and sure enough the track sounded fine; no distortion.
Aw man.
So tonight I swapped out my #2 atn150mlx stylus with my #3 atn150mlx stylus - sweating bullets here - and performed the usual setup and hfn-002 test record checks. I had to use my Shure stylus gauge because my digital one died (no suprise).
And now the Na Na Na track as well as the rest of the album sounds perfect and better than the cd except for the slight lp concentricity issues.
I don’t want to believe it, but no matter how clean I keep my records the styli diamonds do not last forever.
I was playing the Na Na Na track on my brand new The Knife - Silent Shout double lp the other night when I heard a slight but obvious uniform distortion in the high frequency vocals and music.
So I whipped out my sl-b100 / at92ecd and sl-qx300 / at3472ml combos to compare, and sure enough the track sounded fine; no distortion.
Aw man.
So tonight I swapped out my #2 atn150mlx stylus with my #3 atn150mlx stylus - sweating bullets here - and performed the usual setup and hfn-002 test record checks. I had to use my Shure stylus gauge because my digital one died (no suprise).
And now the Na Na Na track as well as the rest of the album sounds perfect and better than the cd except for the slight lp concentricity issues.
I don’t want to believe it, but no matter how clean I keep my records the styli diamonds do not last forever.
tubewade
Super Member
Thank you for that usage and life report. Like you, I've also proved to myself, many times, that styli wear out no matter how well cared for. I am glad to see that you got 1200 + from the AT150.
illini
The Past is Alive
Hey, no problem.
And in other good news it appears I caught the problem in time before the old stylus caused real damage to my records.
I am now playing Blood Ceremony - Let it come down (7” single, 45 rpm) over and over again on the new atn150mlx stylus and I hear no distortion. This is a record I recently played about 500 times on the old retired stylus.
I will always use the hfn-002 test record to check things out, but my new vocal test track is Na Na Na by The Knife.
Cheers. Happy Friday!
Checked it out on the Audio Technica site. Seems like a very close match to the Moving coil cart they make. Gold plated Boron Cantilever, the same type of wire. I am currently using the AT-0C9ML/II and I surely agree the stylus and cantilever is really small, but regardless it sounds very good. If I go back to a MM cart this would probably be my pick. .
WaynerN
Addicted Member
I run 2 of my AT440MLa bodies with the ATN150MLX stylus (the gold cantilever version), and they are simply awesome. However, I can't decide if its better then the ATN150Sa (shibata). At any rate, if you have the AT440ML body, both of these stylus assemblies will fit and yes, in a micro second, you can tell its better then the stock ATN440MLa micro line stylus.
I am slowly replacing all of the old with the new.
I am slowly replacing all of the old with the new.
illini
The Past is Alive
Another improvement I noticed tonight was in trackability on warped tracks. My copy of Armenian Dance Party has major warpage on the outer tracks which skipped on the old stylus just recently before I replaced the stylus, but now playing the same LP tonight with the new atn150mlx stylus installed the record played perfectly with no warp-induced skipping. No setup (vtf, vta, anti-skate) changes were made when replacing the stylus, I just did the usual checkouts via hfn-002 test record, etc, plus the Na Na Na track from The Knife for further verification. Replacing the stylus improved both traceability and trackability.
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Do you know if an ATN 12S Shibata stylus compatible with an at440mla cartridge? I bought the stylus a couple years back and and just got a great deal on the at440mla cartridge. I am hoping that the stylus will fit the new cartridge.
WaynerN
Addicted Member
It has a different style then the other AT stylus assemblies, so I don't think so. Why not ask the folks at LPGEAR.com what they think.
WaynerN
Addicted Member
I run an ATN 150MLX in the 440 body with great results. If it has the same body styling on the stylus assembly, I'd think it would fit.
Tiver
Enjoy the music
I won't assume, but will suggest that the cart is body style in the 100 series family. If the body fits a k-style stylus, then the stylus should fit another k-style body. I also mention the Signet below. Some Signet stylus grips (maybe all) won't go on AT carts without removing some plastic, but the AT grips will fit on the Signet.
On the bay, there are many overpriced 100 series bodies with stylus condition form unknown to missing, but sometimes there are fair bargains. Obviously you can do a little more research, but I believe your stylus would fit a lot of carts....AT120, AT125, AT140, AT150, AT152, AT155, AT440, AT7V, and the VM series and others not mentioned. Also it might fit the Signet MR 5.0xx series which sometimes fly under the radar, especially the ones with the basic elliptical MR 5.0e.
There can be some motor differences in the above carts and that's another area to spend a little research time. Also body material and other signal separating features (internal shielding) are promoted by AT.
There are other cross references from AT, but I don't recall where at the moment, but here is a somewhat lengthy pdf from AT eu. Starting on page 30 there is stylus and cartridge info on the VM series. I believe the VM series stylus and carts are the same physical fit as the 100 series AT Carts