Audio Technica AT3600L Turntable Record Player Half Inch Moving Magnet Cartridge with Stylus

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It is of course a really strange situation: Audio Technica makes the AT3600L, but doesn't sell it to consumers, only to turntable manufacturers. Each groove is tracked accurately without causing excess surface noise, providing clean, crisp audio playback. The only difference between the two is that the CFN6500LE has a flip down guard on the front and costs a few dollars more. To maintain the playback fidelity of your mono record you really need to use a stylus designed for mono records. Hiend units can sum the two channels with extra electronics to eliminates the vertical response and improve the signal to noise by 3dB.

Distinctive audio precision is what positions the ATN3600L stylus as a residential component in an audiophile’s toolkit.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). This faithful sound reproduction enhances your listening experience, providing an intimate connection with your music. Also worth mentioning that the quality of the tip is really nice nice and smooth at least on the few I own. This blend of performance and durability marks the ATN3600L stylus as a worthy component in your arsenal.

The sound is okay, but should I consider upgrading a) for sound quality, and b) reduced wear and tear on my vinyl? I'm just hopeful that this thread will be allowed to continue, much as the TPA3116 thread has been for the last four and a half years, for the benefit of all.

This time, I used it on my Technics SL1200 Mk5 turntable in my main system, the set-up on which this review is based. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Stylus should be good for 400 hours, after that I would replace the stylus with a nude black diamond which are cheap as chips they track much lighter and sound great. The dynamic compliance of the ATN91 stylus is ~11 cu (at 10Hz), which puts it at the low end of medium-compliance. You might want to consider one of these two, I think for the money you will struggle to find better.

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The net balance is on the warm side of neutral, thanks to the plucky bass, but there is also an easiness to the sound coming from the smooth midrange and soft-ish treble. The Super Analogue Stylus has a curvature with a smaller radius that was impossible with the Micro Ridge Stylus. SAS -Natural single-crystal, nude-mounted octahedral diamond stylus tip , The stylus tip is of optimum height and a uniformly ultra-precision finish.I was a bit worried about the sound quality but once on these are far beyond what I was expecting from these brand. The use of a LP stylus will thus result in poor sound quality and extraordinarily high surface noise. The Audio Technica ATN3600L Replacement Stylus for AT3600L stands as an embodiment of precise sound engineering and quality performance.