New Audio Technica. AT VM745xML £280

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

Anyone taken the plunge?
My ND7 away for refurbishing at REGA and considering this as an infill / spare…
Looks great on paper. Alloy body threaded entries, boron cantilever, PCUHD windings. Seems like a bargain ……

 

[Al ears]

Anyone taken the plunge?
My ND7 away for refurbishing at REGA and considering this as an infill / spare…
Looks great on paper. Alloy body threaded entries, boron cantilever, PCUHD windings. Seems like a bargain ……

Might need shims if fitted to a Rega arm.
Otherwise not a bad cartridge

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

Might need shims if fitted to a Rega arm.
Otherwise not a bad cartridge

Would use a 1mm mat to offset against VTA impact.
Capacitance my biggest concern to avoid HF sibilance…

 

[daytona600]

Capacitance my biggest concern to avoid HF sibilance…

Cant you adjust loading & capacitance on your phono stage to avoid HF problems
or try a MI ( moving iron ) cartridge immune to capacitance Grado & Soundsmith


AT VM745xML has a microline/microridge stylus very , very , very sensitive on set-up Azimuth & VTA need to be dialled in
Wallyshims & Wallyfulcrum
my Rega Naid took most of a day to dial in the cartridge
zenith / azimuth / bias / vta

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWWiKrb2jY&t=224s

 

[good_enough]

Looks a good buy . But its specs for phono input of 47k ohms and 100 to 250 cap are absolutely bang average MM specs.

AT have been doing this stuff a long time why do you think you'll get HF problems? If anything your setup argues against sibilance. The ND7 recommended range for cap overlaps but goes up to 300.

If you're at the top of the range for the ND7 you'll attenuate HF off the AT not boost it. But as in all likelihood you're in the middle like the rest of us there wouldn't be a problem. BTW the RCA cables count in total input impedance and capacitance so changing those is a thing if you need to (and are able to...).

One thing that can introduce distortion, either 'brittleness' or dullness in the sound, is VTA, echoing the comments above.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

Looks a good buy . But its specs for phono input of 47k ohms and 100 to 250 cap are absolutely bang average MM specs.

AT have been doing this stuff a long time why do you think you'll get HF problems? If anything your setup argues against sibilance. The ND7 recommended range for cap overlaps but goes up to 300.

If you're at the top of the range for the ND7 you'll attenuate HF off the AT not boost it. But as in all likelihood you're in the middle like the rest of us there wouldn't be a problem. BTW the RCA cables count in total input impedance and capacitance so changing those is a thing if you need to (and are able to...).

One thing that can introduce distortion, either 'brittleness' or dullness in the sound, is VTA, echoing the comments above.

Great response and appreciate your time to write it.

 

[daytona600]

For MM cartridges, the recommended impedance is 47kOhms but the recommended capacitance varies between cartridges.
The capacitive load is the sum of the phono-cable capacitance and phono-stage capacitance. The former is usually somewhere within the range 150-200pF and the latter 50-150pF but depends on the phono-stage.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

think I will just wait for my ND7 to be refurbished ! less hassle !

 

[daytona600]

Rega ND7 MM Cartridge Rebuild/Exchange Price
£450 cartridge rebuild 50% £225.00 GBP
£225 very expensive for a basic fine line elliptical on alumium rebuild
Same as Nude line contact with a sapphire diamond cantilever which will last
a extra 600hours & have 75% lower moving mass for better sound

Soundsmith Hyperion MKII-MR Cartridge Rebuild/Exchange Price
£9995 cartridge rebuild 10% £ 995

OPTIONS Rebuild Price

Aluminum Alloy Cantilever; Nude Hyper- Elliptical Diamond $200
Sapphire with laser drilled mounted low Mass Contact line stylus $299
Ruby Cantilever / Nude Contact Line Diamond $350
Ruby Cantilever / Optimized Contour Nude Contact Line Diamond $399
Boron Cantilever with Nude Contact Line $450

 

[good_enough]

think I will just wait for my ND7 to be refurbished ! less hassle !

Shame! Cartridge comparisons head to head are rare. You could view it as a public service to all on here.

 

[Integralista]

Anyone taken the plunge?
My ND7 away for refurbishing at REGA and considering this as an infill / spare…
Looks great on paper. Alloy body threaded entries, boron cantilever, PCUHD windings. Seems like a bargain ……

Hi, what has happened to your Rega ND7 cartridge? BR.

 

[Al ears]

Anyone taken the plunge?
My ND7 away for refurbishing at REGA and considering this as an infill / spare…
Looks great on paper. Alloy body threaded entries, boron cantilever, PCUHD windings. Seems like a bargain ……

Why does the ND7 need refurbishing, they haven't been around that long?

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

Why does the ND7 need refurbishing, they haven't been around that long?

Don’t ask……