Audio-Technica Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge - VM670XSP

Audio-Technica AT-VM670xSP Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge

Rediscover 78 RPM Classics with the Audio-Technica AT-VM670xSP Cartridge
Experience the true essence of your vintage 78 RPM monaural records with the Audio-Technica AT-VM670xSP Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge. Crafted specifically for 78 RPM playback, this high-fidelity cartridge utilizes advanced PCUHD (Pure Copper Ultra High Drawability) coils to bring new warmth, depth, and clarity to your favorite shellac recordings. The unique dual magnet design is internally connected to minimize surface noise and deliver a focused center sound image, letting each note shine with authentic detail.

Purpose-Built Performance for Mono Enthusiasts
Unlike standard stereo cartridges, the AT-VM670xSP is engineered specifically for monaural record playback, making it the ideal choice for discerning collectors and audiophiles who want to preserve the original sonic character of their 78s. Its 3.0 mil conical bonded stylus offers precise tracking across a range of vintage records from different eras, ensuring optimal playback and record longevity.

Easy Installation & User-Friendly Features
Mounting your new cartridge is effortless thanks to threaded inserts that require just two screws—perfect for integrated tonearms found in many high-end turntables. The innovative V-cut on the stylus protector provides an easy visual guide to stylus position, giving you added confidence when cueing your treasured records. With its durable, low-resonance polymer housing and robust aluminum cantilever, the AT-VM670xSP delivers years of reliable performance.

Upgrade your turntable and unlock an elevated listening experience with the Audio-Technica AT-VM670xSP cartridge—where mono record playback meets modern engineering.

Key Features

• AT-VMx dual moving magnet cartridge with 3.0 mil conical bonded stylus
• 3.0 mil conical bonded stylus designed for playing 78 RPM records
• Paratoroidal coils improve generating efficiency for enhanced transient response
• PCUHD (Pure Copper Ultra High Drawability) coils – and fewer coil turns – deliver highly responsive, three-dimensional sound reproduction with excellent transient response
• Threaded inserts make cartridge easier to mount, especially to integrated tonearms
• V-cut in the flip-up stylus protector shows stylus position, serving as a guide for lowering the stylus onto a record
• Durable low-resonance polymer housing
• Aluminum cantilever
• Mono body terminating left and right channels reduces surface noise
• Compatible with any turntable headshell that accepts 1/2" cartridges

Features

• Easy to Install & Use
  Each AT-VMx cartridge body has threaded inserts, enabling it to be mounted to a headshell with just two screws – no nuts required. And the redesigned stylus protector now includes a V-cut for easy reference of the stylus’s position when lowering it onto a record.
• Highly Efficient Generator
  The paratoroidal coil construction of the cartridge’s generator – two PCUHD coils per channel, one stacked behind the other – greatly improves electromagnetic performance, while a slight reduction in coil turns* enhances transient response for clean, lifelike sound.
  • *Compared to VM series cartridges.
• Interchangeable Styli
  Since all AT-VMx and VM Series cartridges share the same body design and have a removable stylus, you can use almost any AT-VMNx or VMN replacement stylus* with any VMx or VM cartridge for easy experimentation with sound characteristics.
  • AT-VMN10xCB (conical/bonded/aluminum cantilever)
  • AT-VMN20xEB (elliptical/bonded/aluminum cantilever)
  • AT-VMN30xEN (elliptical/nude/aluminum cantilever)
  • AT-VMN40xML (microlinear/nude/aluminum cantilever)
  • AT-VMN45xML (microlinear/nude/boron cantilever)
  • AT-VMN50xSH (Shibata/nude/boron cantilever)
  • AT-VMN60xSL (special line contact/nude/boron cantilever)
  • * Excludes mono models
• All in the Design
  The Vertical Dual Magnet (VM) design closely mirrors the cutter head used to make the vinyl master.
  The standard cutter head (used to record the vinyl master) uses two transducer coils, mounted perpendicular to each other at 45° from horizontal, to cut the channel: one in each wall of the 90° record groove.
  The AT-VMx cartridges use the same 90° V-Shape configuration as the cutter head. This way, the cartridge achieves accurate tracking, excellent channel separation, high definition of the stereo image and extreme clarity over the entire audio spectrum.
• What Shape to Choose?
  The purpose of a stylus is to ride along the record groove capturing movement, which is then transferred into an electrical signal within the cartridge. Audio-Technica produces styli in five different shapes (Conical, Elliptical, Microlinear, Shibata, and Special Line Contact) that make contact with the record groove and capture movement in different ways, creating unique sound characteristics.
• Conical Styli
  The conical stylus is the simplest and most widely used stylus. Its spherical tip normally touches the center of the record groove walls. A conical stylus works best for low- to moderately priced turntables and audio setups. It is also ideal for mono (vinyl with one channel) and older 78 RPM records. However, its shape prevents it from making detailed contact with much of the record groove walls, resulting in less fidelity.
• Elliptical Styli
  The elliptical stylus has two radii, the front radius being wider than the side radius. The front radius rides in the center of the groove like the conical, while the smaller side radius makes more contact with the groove walls. More contact with the record groove walls delivers a higher level of fidelity.
• Microlinear Styli
  The Microlinear stylus almost exactly duplicates the shape of the cutting stylus that produces the original master disc (the disc used to create the pressed vinyl record). This likeness enables the Microlinear stylus to track portions of the groove other styli cannot reach, resulting in extremely accurate tracing of high-frequency passages and a flat frequency response within the audible range. The unique multilevel shape also wears more evenly, greatly extending record and stylus life.
• Shibata Styli
  The Shibata stylus was originally developed to play four-channel (quadraphonic) vinyl records. The Shibata stylus has two radii, similar to an elliptical stylus. However, the radii of a Shibata stylus allow for more surface contact and effective pickup of ultra- high frequencies with less groove stress and distortion.
• Special Line Contact Styli
  The special line contact stylus is shaped to track the record groove with the highest level of precision, resulting in excellent high- frequency response, low distortion and minimum abrasion. The special line contact stylus makes more surface contact than any other stylus shape. It should be noted that due to its high-fidelity, the line contact stylus may produce more noise on heavily worn records. The line contact tip is used on our higher-end cartridges.
• Round or Square Shank?
  The stylus shank is the piece that connects the tip to the cantilever. A round shank can be more difficult to align when it is affixed to the cantilever. Proper alignment is needed in order to position the stylus tip precisely in the record groove. Square shank styli cost more to make than round shank styli, but mounting them in laser-cut square holes in the cantilever locks them in precise alignment with the record groove.
• Bonded or Nude?
  In a bonded (or jointed) stylus, a diamond tip is glued on a metal shank that is itself glued into the hole of the cantilever. While less expensive to manufacture, this construction may increase the mass of the overall tip and affect transient response compared with a nude stylus where the tip and shank are constructed from a single piece of diamond. Nude styli, shaped from whole diamonds, are more costly than bonded styli. Their lower mass allows nude styli to track more accurately. Also, since our nude styli are grain-oriented, with their longest-wearing faces touching the record surface, they last longer.