Audio-Technica AT7V Phono Cartridge

SKU: AT7V

$189.00
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AUDIO-TECHNICA AT-7V AT 7V AT7V PHONO CARTRIDGE

○ Square shank nude diamond for exquisite fidelity
○ Offers fluidity, smoothness and innate delicacy
○ Diamond tip r/R radii: 5/18 m (.0002 x .007 inch)
○ Carbon fiber cantilever for firm and sensitive response to grooves
○ PCOCC coil and terminal pins for signal purity

The Audio Technica AT7V phono cartridge is alluringly musical. It faithfully extracts and expresses the recorded musical artistry and complete harmonic sound quality lost in the detail by so many other more expensive cartridges. With independent left and right magnets and PCOCC coil and terminal pins for pure signal transmissions, it offers music listeners and audio enthusiasts a new high in fidelity and sound quality. Proven in use for many years in Japan, the Audio-Technica AT7V cartridge in now available in the US and is imported by LP Tunes. It works wonders in rejuvenating systems with lackluster sound. Rediscover how good your records really sound.

Audio-Technica AT7V Phono Cartridge Specifications
- Tonearm mount: 1/2 inch
- Type: Moving magnet, VM dual-magnet stereo cartridge
- Frequency response: 15Hz-25kHz
- Output voltage @ 1kHz,5cm/sec: 5mV
- Tracking force: 1.75 - 2.25 g (2.0 g standard)
- Load impedance: 47k ohms
- Channel separation @ 1kHz: 27dB
- Channel balance @ 1kHz: >1.5dB
- Dynamic compliance: 7.0 x 10-6 cm/dyne
- Static compliance: 35 x 10-6 cm/dyne
- Vertical tracking angle: 23
- Cantilever: Tapered aluminum alloy
- Stylus: Grain-oriented square shank nude special elliptical diamond with 0.2 x 0.7 mil tracing radii
- Dimensions: 17.3h x 15.2w x 26.5d
- Weight: 6.2 g
- Stylus replacement: Audio-Technica ATN7V (knob color: Indigo)
- Accessories included: Screwdriver, screws, nuts, washers

Reviews & Discussions
- Audiokarma.org

"The AT7V is installed and working very well. It's an excellent cart, much cleaner and more refined than my old Ortofon OM10. Thank you very much!"
- VS (customer from Australia)

Hi Fidelity!

When I bought this cart I had some Polk Audio RTi A1s it didn't do much for me and thought about selling it, fast forward to present I now have a pair of Dali Sensor 1 and this cart is amazing so for those who don't like the cart maybe it's your speakers I'm glad I hung on to it because I see LP Gear is out of stock.

Thanks for providing the parts I needed to get my old turntable working again. I couldn’t be happier. Thanks for taking the time to properly packaging the parts so they didn’t get damaged during shipping.

Best cartridge I've ever heard

Best cartridge I've ever heard. Gets rid of a lot of background noise (pops etc) I used to hear on some more problematic records. Sounds both incredibly smooth and detailed, which isn't easy to do. Incredible value for the money.

Fabulous

Excellent! This cartridge sounds superb and it's affordable. I'm using it with a Technics SL-1200 MK2 TT, Graham Slee Era Gold V phono, Hegel integrated, Kef LS50 speakers and REL T5i subs and it's music to my ears. Rich full natural and sweet right across the frequency spectrum. Beautifully balanced with no hardness or brightness. No IGD at all and that was straight out of the box without any break in. It has outperformed my Denon DL-110 and Ortofon Super OM40 cartridges. There really is no more that I can add or say that hasn't been said before. It is excellent value and I'm sure glad that I bought it. Thank you very much LP Tunes/Gear for importing such a fine product. A+

Does exactly what it is supposed to do, and does it well

I was looking for a turntable to transfer a couple hundred vinyl records to digital format. Since whatever setup I used for the transfer would be how I heard all those LPs from now to forever, it seemed to make sense to avoid cheaping out. OTOH, it's not worth it to me to spend thousands of dollars on an esoteric audiophile turntable. We already have a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Evo turntable in the living area with the stereo, but I didn't want to commandeer that unit for transfer purchases,. That unit wins all the awards for "best under $1000 setup", but I'd need an external phono preamp and A/D converter, pushing the total cost to over $1k. The AT-LP120XUSB is less expensive and includes everything needed to connect to the PC, so it was an attractive option.

After reading a bunch of reviews of various turntables, I came to the conclusion that I was overthinking it and just went with this model. This turns out to be the right choice for my purposes. Once I had it set up I compared it directly with the Pro-ject unit, and the differences were subtle, if there were any audible differences at all. It works, it sounds good, and seems quite durable.

PROS:
o Setup is straightforward, since the TT, tonearm, headshell, cartridge, and stylus were all engineered together.
o The included stock AT-VM95E cartridge/stylus is well regarded and allows for an easy upgrade if you want a better stylus.
o Solidly built in the tradition of the Technics 1200 that it is modeled after.
o Professional quality internal phono preamp and A/D converter.
o Sounds basically identical to a unit twice the price
o Does basically everything it's supposed to do, and does it well.
o Since it's a DJ turntable, it should hold a good resale value - once I'm done digitizing the records I have I'm probably done with it so I might sell it at that point.

CONS:
o If you try to use both the USB and analog line out simultaneously there's a prominent high pitched whine - the engineers did not adequately isolate the two from ground loops - while this is a disappointment to me, there are easy work-arounds and few people are going to connect both.
o It's fully manual, so perhaps not the best choice if you just want to play records.
o If you have a receiver with a phono preamp, you don't need the internal one or the A/D converter so you'll be paying for things you don't use
o Your audiophile buddies will not be impressed.

Was a great replacement works perfectly

Awesome Products, Support and Communication

Shout out to the LP Tunes team fantastic support and follow up. My go to for my vintage audio needs

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exactly what i needed. thx!

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Fantastic deal

Great Service and worth the wait. A great store for your HiFi needs. I highly recommend this store to everyone.

Record player up and running

There are so many different needles out there - would have been easy to make a mistake and buy the wrong one. But the LP Tune website made it clear which one worked with my Denon, it came quickly, and my record player is working again after a week. Great experience.

Needle replacement

Thanks for taking the time to find the right needle for my record player.

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