LP Tunes Elliptical AN-11E Upgrade for Aiwa AN-11 AN11 Stylus

LP TUNES CARBON FIDELITY CFN3600LE STYLUS 
- Music that makes you want to listen.™

Listen to the new voice of music. Carbon fiber composites offer 10 times the strength of steel at half the weight. Codeveloped and designed with LP Tunes by the Audio-Technica team that developed their lofty cartridges, the new Carbon Fidelity (CF) N3600LE stylus harnesses carbon fiber technology to advance the state of existing Audio-Technica AT3600 cartridges and all of its versions. The updated design, tight specifications, Twin-Flux™ magnets, high-quality moving system fulcrum and radial damping ring allied with a Spectra elliptical diamond tip produce music that makes you want to listen.

"To me it sounded more like a Grado 8MR without the dreaded Grado hum. Neutral, light, pleasing and easy to listen to. These are made by Audio-Technica and rebranded LPG. Good price considering the materials used (carbon fiber). Though a different character from the ATN95E this one has a receptive and inviting tone."¹ 

Mastered to illuminate against lofty cartridges beyond the economics of most listeners, the CFN3600LE stylus touches and endears the more you listen. It offers agile, harmonically exquisite, refractive and refreshingly crystal clean sound quality that will confound cartridges up to 8 times its price. Its refractive quality unveils harmonics and luminous detail previously unheard and unappreciated. It will surprise and astound. See partial list below of styli that the CFN3600LE replaces and upgrades.

"Amazing detail...The first thing I noticed was a better balance between the lows, mids and highs compared to my stock stylus. Then, came an acoustic guitar track I had listened to many times before and WOW! the increase in detail was amazing! subtle, crisp sounds were suddenly plucked out of the vinyl I hadn't even known were there. So in a nutshell: Slightly heavy. Good tonal balance. Great stereo imaging. And fantastic detail! Worth 3 times it's price."² 

"The sonic improvement was noticeable in terms of high frequency clarity and extension and improved detail."³ 

"You are better off replacing the cartridge, or at the very least replacing the stylus with the $29.98 LP Gear CFN-3600LE, which improves the sound and lets you track a gram lighter at 2.5 grams."⁴ 

"Rega's $445 RP-1 fitted with an Audio-Technica-manufactured Carbon cartridge (It's an AT3600L, so the aforementioned LP Gear CFN3600LE stylus would be an excellent upgrade stylus for it)."⁵ 

CFN3600LE Stylus Details 
- Type: Moving Magnet VM Dual Magnet Stereo
- Output voltage @ 1kHz,5cm/sec.: 2.5 mV
- Channel balance at 1kHz: 2.5 dB or less
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: over 18 dB
- Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
- Stylus type: 0.3 x 0.7 mil Spectra Elliptical diamond
- Cantilever: Super Fidelity Carbon Fiber⁶
- Tracking force range: 1.8 - 3.5 g
- Tracking force recommended: 2.5 g (25 mN)
- Color: Indigo
- Recommended break-in duration: 30 hours

The CFN3600LE replaces and upgrades the following: 
Note: Please compare with yours. Do not order this stylus if it looks different from what you have.

STYLUS NEEDLES
AUDIO TECHNICA ATN-3600L ATN3600L ATN-3601E ATN3601E ATN-3602E ATN3602E ATN-360l ATN360l ATN-3650 ATN3650 ATN-3650C ATN3650C ATN-3650L ATN3650L ATN-3652 ATN3652 ATN-3652E ATN3652E ATN-2001 ATN2001 ATN-2002 ATN2002 ATN-2003 ATN2003 ATN-2004 ATN2004 ATN-2005 ATN2005 ATN-3651 ATN3651 ATN-3691 ATN3691ATN-91 ATN91 ATN-91E ATN91E 
AIWA AN-11 AN11 
CROSLEY NP-3, CROSLEY NP3 
CURTIS EPS-43STSD EPS43STSD RB00005 
DENON DSN-82 DSN82 
DUAL DN-235 DN235 DN-239 DN239 
EVG 2312D PM2312D 
JVC DT-55 DT55 DT 55B DT55B DT-55W DT55W DT-55II DT55II DT-59 DT-58II DT59 DT58II 
KENWOOD N-74 N-76 N74 N76 
MAGNAVOX 25130072 
ONKYO DN-61ST DN61ST DN-63STE DN63STE DN-65ST DN65ST 
PANASONIC EPS-43STSD EPS43STSD EPS-75STHSD EPS75STHSD 
PIONEER PZP1004 PN-230 PN-240 PN230 PN240 
REGA Carbon 
SANSUI SN111 SN1112 SN3601 SN3601/2 SN-111 SN-1112 SN-3601 SN-3601/2 
SONY N-6516 N6516 ND-142 ND142 ND-142EP ND142EP ND-142EY ND142EY ND-142G ND142G ND-142GP ND142GP ND-155G ND155G 
TECHNICS EPS-43STSD EPS43STSD EPS-75STHSD EPS75STHSD 
TOSHIBA N-16D N16D 
YAMAHA N-707 N707 N-7700 N7700 N-7800 N7800 N-7900 N7900 N-7900 N7900 N-710 N710 N-595 N595 CG-7900 CG7900

CARTRIDGES 
AUDIO TECHNICA AT-3600 AT3600 AT-3600L AT3600L AT-3601 AT3601 AT-3601 AT3601 AT-3650 AT3650 AT-3650L AT3650L AT-3651 AT3651 DB57 TR411 AT-N-2003 ATN2003 CN-5625AL CN5625AL CN-5625AL CN5625AL AT-3601 AT3601 AT-3602E AT3602E AT-91 AT91 
CURTIS EPC-36SMBD EPC36SMBD RB00004 
DENON DSN-72 DSN72 JM-78K JM78K 
DUAL DMS-235 DMS235 DMS-239 DMS239 
JVC DT-55II DT55II QL-F300 QLF300 DT-55 DT55 L-F11Z LF11Z MD-1055E MD1055E MD-1055Z MD1055Z 
KENWOOD V-76 V-74 V76 V74 
ONKYO OC-61 OC61 
PANASONIC EPC-36 EPC36 EPC-36SMBD EPC36SMBD EPC-43STSD EPC43STSD EPC-75SMHD EPC75SMHD 
PHILIPS F310 F320 F330 F780 GP780 
PIONEER PC-230 PC-240 PC230 PC240 
REGA Carbon 
SANSUI SV-111 SV-1112 SV111 SV1112 SANSUI MODELS 550 1400 DR-600 DR600 J500 P-1000 P1000 P-3000 P3000 P-E70 PE70 P-E 50 PE 50 P-E 70 PE 70 SYSTEM220 SYSTEM330 SYSTEM10 TP1400 TP220 
SANYO ATN-3650 ATN3650 ST-40 ST40 ST-L5D STL5D 
SHARP N-7900 STY-123 STY-138 STY-140 STY-141 STY-142 STY-155 STY-163 SHARP CARTRIDGES 123 
SONY VL-42G VL42G VL-55G VL55G 
TECHNICS EPC-36 EPC36 EPC-36SMBD EPC36SMBD EPC-43STSD EPC43STSD EPC-75SMHD EPC75SMHD 
TOSHIBA C-16 C16 
YAMAHA CG-7700 CG7700 CG-7800 CG7800

TURNTABLE MODELS 
AIWA PX-E850 PX-E860U RX-E860U 
AUDIO TECHNICA AT-PL50 AT-LP60 AT-LP60USB 
Crosley CR-247, CR-248 Songwriter CD Recorder 
CURTIS KP400 KX2000 
DUAL CS138 CS511 CS514 CS520 CS610Q HIFI1020 HIFI1120 HIFI1160 HIFI1180 HIFI1260 HIFI1460 HS120 HS14 
JVC AL-A10BK ALA10BK AL-A10 ALA10 AL-E11 ALE11 AL-E33 ALE33 D-C-33 DC33 E11BK F-X1B FX1B F-X2B FX2B F-X3B FX3B F-X10B FX10B G-AV350 GAV350 G-AV500 GAV500 G-R100 GR100 G-R200 GR200 G-R300 GR300 G-R50 GR50 G-R11 GR11 G-R1B GR1B G-R22 GR22 G-R44 GR44 G-X100 GX100 G-X200 GX200 G-X300 GX300 G-XlB GXlB G-X200B GX200B G-X202B GX202B G-X222 GX222 G-X4-B GX4B G-X400 GX400 G-X400B GX400B G-X100B GX100B G-X111 GX111 G-X150X1B GX150X1B G-X111 GX111 G-X11B GX11B G-X11BM GX11BM G-X150 GX150 G-X2B GX2B G-X2BW GX2BW G-X300B GX300B G-X300S GX300S G-X302B GX302B G-X333 GX333 G-X3BW GX3BW G-X3CD GX3CD G-X400S GX400S G-X400SW GX400SW G-XW1B GXW1B G-XW10B GXW10B G-XW310B GXW310B G-XW312B GXW312B G-XW312S GXW312S L-A100 LA100 L-A110 LA110 L-A110B LA110B L-A120B LA120B L-A55 LA55 L-A90 LA90 L-A100(SOME) LA100(SOME) L-A100 LA100 L-T11 LT11 L-A90 LA90 L-AX1B LAX1B L-AX1 LAX1 L-3B L3B L-11B L11B L-AX1 LAX1 L-F210 LF210 L-F210-B LF210B L-FX4 LFX4 L-FX4B LFX4B L-L10 LL10 L-L10B LL10B L-T11 LT11 MIDI-W11 MIDIW11 QL-A200 QLA200 QL-A220 QLA220 QL-A220B QLA220B QL-F300 QLF300 QL-F320 QLF320 QL-F320B QLF320B QL-FX5 QLFX5 QL-FX5B QLFX5B STYLISTIC-110 STYLISTIC110 STYLISTIC-222 STYLISTIC222 STYLISTIC-34 STYLISTIC34 STYLISTIC-36 STYLISTIC36 STYLISTIC-40 STYLISTIC40 STYLISTIC-401 STYLISTIC401 STYLISTIC-403 STYLISTIC403 STYLISTIC-405 STYLISTIC405 STYLISTIC-GX1B STYLISTICGX1B STYLISTIC-GX11B STYLISTICGX11B STYLISTIC-GX2B STYLISTICGX2B STYLISTIC-GX3B STYLISTICGX3B STYLISTIC-GX3R STYLISTICGX3R STYLISTIC-L-L10B STYLISTICLL10B XL-V-200 XLV200 
MAGNOVOX 1850 1851 BC1849 MD1849 
MUSIC HALL USB1 USB-1 
ONKYO CP-1033A CP1033A CP-1007A CP1007A CP-1022A CP1022A CP-1026A CP1026A CP-1044A CP1044A CP-1046F CP1046F LICENSE37 LICENSE17X LICENSE17X27 LICENSE37 SOUNDSTAGE22 SOUNDSTAGE33 SOUNDSTAGE44 SYSTEM1 SYSTEM1XB SYSTEM2XB SYSTEM15 SYSTEM15X SYSTEM26X SYSTEM435-20R SYSTEM43520R 
PANASONIC P5R P7 SC-3212 SC3212 SG-V11 SGV11 SC-3111 SC3111 SC-3112 SC3112 SC-3200 SC3200 SC-3202 SC3202 SC-3210 SC3210 SC-3211 SC3211 SC-3400 SC3400 SC-3101 SC3101 SC-3201 SC3201 SG-V55 SGV55 
PHILCO M2766Q 
PHILIPS F880 F883 
PIONEER 4000 A1000 A3000 A4000 PERSONA-S30 PERSONAS30 PERSONA S30 PL-340 PL340 PL-340 PL340 SYSTEM-5400 SYSTEM5400 SYSTEM-X2000 SYSTEMX2000 PL-202 PL-202AZ PL202 PL202AZ 
REGA RP1 
TECHNICS P5R P7 SC-3212 SC3212 SG-V11 SGV11 SC-3111 SC3111 SC-3112 SC3112 SC-3200 SC3200 SC-3202 SC3202 SC-3210 SC3210 SC-3211 SC3211 SC-3400 SC3400 SC-3101 SC3101 SC-3201 SC3201 SG-V55 SGV55 
SANYO 200 250 300 500 560 687 88 DCXW8 DCX18 J500 MIDIW18 RACK350 RACK360 RACKSYSTEM250 RACKSYSTEM60 SYSTEM1400 SYSTEM220 SYSTEM330 SYSTEM550 SYSTEM1400 SYSTEM220 SYSTEM230 SYSTEM550 TP-220 TP220 TP-250 TP250 TP-220 TP220 V32 STL-5D ST-L5D STL5D 
SCOTT 220 CCS6038 PS-150 PS150 PS-150 PS150 PS-39 PS39 RX200 RX210 SMP-53 SMP53 SYSTEM3230 TP250 
SHARP RP-7900 SC-4900AV 
SEARS 91895 91896 
SONY PS-LX110 V700 PRECISEV700 PRECISE-V700W PRECISEV700W PS-CX700 PSCX700 PS-L750 PSL750 PS-LX205 PSLX205 PS-LX210 PSLX210 PS-LX295 PSLX295 PS-LX220 PSLX220 PS-LX231 PSLX231 PS-LX250 PSLX250 PSLX250H PS-LX250H PS-LX285 PS-LX295 PS-LX310 PSLX310 PS-LX340 PS-LX35 PSLX35 PS-LX35P PSLX35P PS-LX410 PS-LX431 PSLX431 PS-LX435 PS-LX50 PSLX50 PS-LX70 PSLX70 PS-LX700 PSLX700 PS-LX700P PSLX700P PS-LX235 PSLX235 PS-LX431 PSLX431 PS-LX435 PSLX435 PS-LX47P S-4500 S4500 S-5500 S5500 S-6500 S6500 S-7500CD S7500CD SESSION205 SESSION205D SESSION205W SESSION205F SYSTEM-M360 SYSTEMM360 SYSTEM-S205 SYSTEMS205 PS-LX205 PSLX205 
TEAC PA688

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Footnote 1: Customer Review, "LP GEAR CF3600LE Cartridge Set". 

Footnote 2: Customer Review, "LP GEAR CFN3600LE stylus". 

Footnote 3: Michael Fremer, "Pioneer PL-30-K Automatic Single Play Turntable", Analog Planet, June 10, 2015. The esteemed reviewer compared, evaluated and found the LP GEAR CFN3600LE stylus to offer obvious sonic and tracing improvement as well as lower tracking force for record preservation. 

Footnote 4: Michael Fremer, "Onkyo's CP-1050 Direct Drive Turntable", Analog Planet, July 21, 2015. The esteemed reviewer recommends the CF3600LE cartridge or CFN3600LE stylus depending on customer preference. 

Footnote 5: Ibid. 

Footnote 6: Carbon fiber composites offer 10 times the strength of steel at half the weight. Each producer's carbon fiber differs from those of its competitors, and the processing details are considered to be intellectual property. The special carbon fiber used in the Carbon Fidelity cartridges and styli is patiently and expertly considered for its signature characteristics to bring out the subtleties and finesse of music extracted from the grooves of records and LPs. For carbon fiber info see: "The making of carbon fiber". 

LP Gear Music listening equipment: Graham Slee Reflex M phono preamp, Graham Slee Elevator EXP headamp, Denon AU-300LC Step-up transformer, Graham Slee Proprius mono amps, Quicksilver Silver 88 mono amps, Roadrunner Digital Turntable Tachometer, Sota Sapphire turntable, Audience SE Phono Cable, Audience Ohno speaker cables, Rogers LS3/5A speakers, Audience ClairAudient 1+1 Loudspeakers, Krell LAT 2 speakers, Yamaha NS1000M speakers, LP Gear CF3600LE cartridge, Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge, Ortofon 2M Bronze cartridge, Rega Carbon, Supex SD 901 Super cartridge, Denon DL-103 cartridge, Denon DL-110 cartridge, Grace F-9E cartridge.

LP GEAR CARBON FIDELITY CFN6500LE STYLUS 
- Music you'll want to listen to by LP GEAR®

Listen to the new voice of music. Carbon fiber composites offer 10 times the strength of steel at half the weight. Codeveloped and designed with LP GEAR by Audio-Technica's best engineers, the new Carbon Fidelity CFN6500LE Spectra Elliptical stylus benefits from the latest quality parts and materials technology featuring a super carbon fiber cantilever that seriously upgrade performance in comparison with existing N6516-type cartridges from Sony, Denon, Dual, JVC and many others. The updated design, tight specifications, Twin-Flux™ magnets, high-quality moving system fulcrum and radial damping ring allied with a Spectra elliptical diamond tip produce music that makes you want to listen.

Mastered to illuminate against lofty cartridges beyond the economics of most listeners, the CFN6500LE stylus touches and endears the more you listen. You won't want to go back to your underperforming or pricey cartridge. You'll hear, feel and sense the music exquisitely rendered — harmonically full-bodied, refractive and refreshingly crystal clean with luminous detail spatially radiating with realness. You'll experience remarkable note clarity, projection and nuanced tonal complexity previously unheard and unappreciated.¹

Carbon Fidelity CFN6500LE Stylus Details 
- Type: Moving Magnet VM Dual Magnet Stereo
- Output voltage @ 1kHz,5cm/sec.: 2.5 mV
- Channel balance at 1kHz: 2.5 dB or less
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: over 18 dB
- Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
- Stylus type: 0.3 × 0.7 mil Spectra Elliptical diamond
- Cantilever: Super Fidelity Carbon Fiber²
- Tracking force range: 1.8 - 3.5 g
- Tracking force recommended: 2.5 g (25 mN)
- Color: Black, Silver, Indigo
- Recommended break-in duration: 30 hours
- Color: Black, Silver, Indigo

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Footnote 1: A high resolution system allows full experience of the nuanced tonal complexity offered by the Carbon Fidelity CF6500LE cartridge. 
Footnote 2: Carbon fiber composites offer 10 times the strength of steel at half the weight. Each producer's carbon fiber differs from those of its competitors, and the processing details are considered to be intellectual property. The special carbon fiber used in the Carbon Fidelity cartridges and styli is patiently and expertly considered for its signature characteristics to bring out the subtleties and finesse of music extracted from the grooves of records and LPs. For carbon fiber info see: "The making of carbon fiber".

LP GEAR ALN3600LENSS STYLUS - THE DIVINE

The AT3600L cartridge is the most ubiquitous cartridge in the planet! It is also the most misunderstood and underrated. Because it was given as a freebie in abundance as original manufacturer installed cartridge for many low-cost record players, it established a reputation as a cheap, low-performance throw-way cartridge. That is how it has been perceived for many decades - until a few uncovered its authenticity. For example: Rega with its re-labeled Rega Carbon and LP GEAR with its CF3600LE. The latter elevated the performance bar and awareness level of this humble cartridge.

● Elevates the AT3600L to the category's best-buy cartridge
● Exceeds sound qualiy of original ATN3600L stylus and other peer alternatives
● Nude 0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical diamond tip mounted into custom alloy cantilever
● Low-mass alloy cantilever for nuanced groove tracing accuracy and fidelity
● Tracking force: 1.5 - 3.0g (not for use with Audio-Technics AT-LP60's & Soundburgers)
● LP GEAR® stylus - Above and beyond copies and generics

LP GEAR, convinced of this cartridge's unrealized potential for greatness, continues to research the improvement possibilities for the AT3600L. This five-year endeavor has led to collaborations with convincing to formidable results and the development of two newly introduced products: The ALN3600LE and the ALN3600LENSS.

To discover these gems, LP Gear has had to re-configure our turntable audio playback system to deliver unadulterated sound quality: Rega RP10 turntable, Sota Sapphire turntable, Audience SE Phono Cable, Audience Ohno speaker cables, Odyssey amplifier, Linear Tube Audio Z40+ Integrated amplifier, Totem Element Fire V2 Speakers, Spendor BC-1 and LS8/1 speakers, Philharmonic Audio The BMR Monitor and The Ceramic Monitor speakers. We sound tested these various styli to verify that they performed better in different audio settings.

Using the above audio system, we identified the ALN3600LRNSS as the best-buy stylus and subsequently called it - "The Divine". This model name describes the ALN3600LNSS's ability to divine the grooves with fidelity and fervor, thus resulting in music reproduced with abundance and nuanced emotion/feeling that was recorded during the performance. This version has one caveat: it has a maximum tracking force of 2.5g.

Based on our listening comparatives, we have ranked the styli below:
- (1) ALN3600LENSS
- (2a) ALN3600LE*
- (2b) CFN3600LE*
- (3) ATN3600L
*Tie. The ALN3600LE was developed to replace the CFN3600LE in the event of production cessation. There are differences between the two but the overall sound quality and resulting musical satisfaction are about the same.

LP GEAR ATN-3600DLXVL ATN3600DLXVL IMPROVED NEEDLE STYLUS

The LP Gear ATN-3600DLXVL ATN3600DLXVL needle stylus features a highly polished Vivid Line diamond mounted on a thin-wall metal alloy tube cantilever. It offers superior tracing accuracy, extended frequency response and harmonically opulent sound quality. It comes with an integrated stylus guard to protect it from accidental slips. 

LP TUNES AIN3600SLC STYLUS
- Lifts the sound quality of the the AT3600L to its highest level and music articulation. Music that makes you want to listen®.

Cultural Icon of the Turntable Renaissance
Introduced in the 1970's (~ 50 years ago), the Audio-Technica AT3600L gained notoriety as a throwaway cartridge, a reputation it received as it was factory fitted to the least expensive turntables of that era, a practice that continues even today! In 2000, LP Tunes experimented with it and found that its sound quality could be improved with the installation of higher quality styli, which LP Tunes introduced with finely crafted Japanese models. Rega followed and raised the status of the AT3600L with the introduction of the Rega Carbon cartridge and Rega Carbon stylus. Not to be outdone, LP Tunes released in 2015 the highly esteemed Carbon Fidelity CF3600LE cartridge with its special elliptical CFN3600LE stylus. Stereophile rates the CF3600LE cartridge as a Class C Recommended Component — In the same class as the Ortofon 2M Black ($695), Denon DL103 ($349), Ortofon 2M Blue ($239), and Audio-Technica AT-VM95C, E, H, ML & SH (up to $199).

With ten million estimated former and present users, it has achieved significance and influence as a cultural icon of the turntable renaissance and the 2000s.

For Forever Enjoyment
At LP TUNES®, our philosophy runs counter to conventional wisdom. We believe that the AT3600 should offer multigenerational lifetimes of enjoyment or much longer like the Guarneri violin. Older than the USA — 273 years old to be exact, the Vieuxtemps Guarneri Del Gesu-1741 named for its most famous owner the leading Belgian virtuoso and composer who esteemed it so much he wanted to be buried with it, recently became the most expensive violin in the world, selling for an estimated $16 million. Its new owner anonymously donated the historic instrument to violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, on loan for the rest of her life.

Thus we curated this cartridge as celebration and esteem for the historic Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge; so devoted and new owners will continue to hear this gem at its best for lifetimes to come. It is a lofty goal — we believe its new soul transcends its original self. It has incredible chemistry and emotion with vinyl playing that connects, is heard, felt and enjoyed!

Aligned to music listeners with an abundance and growth mindset, seeking to be the best they can be, the AIN3600SLC is LP Tunes's Limited production Artificial Intelligence (AI) Special Line Contact replacement for the Audio-Technica ATN3600L stylus and its many variants. Using stringently selected materials and handcrafted to physical, mental, and spiritual perfection by Japanese shukonin, each stylus divines the grooves with ultimate precision and intimacy. It delivers celestial sound quality formerly the firmament of exorbitant MM and MC cartridges.

● Flagship limited production AIN3600SLC stylus for Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge
● Handcrafted by master Japanese shokunin seeking to create perfection with each stylus
● Ultimate Sound quality (SQ) and performance beyond any stylus replacement!
● Special Line Contact (SLC) diamond tip fastened to a custom alloy cantilever
● Tracking force: 2.5 - 3.5g | Output voltage: 4.25 mV
● Each stylus undergoes QC and listening test as final inspection
● LP TUNES® stylus - Above and beyond copies, types, originals, and generics