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title: "VMN95SH VM95 series Shibata replacement stylus Brown"
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# Shibata stylus for ultra-clear sound Diamond-tipped precision Easy stylus swap, no cartridge change VMN95SH VM95 series Shibata replacement stylus Brown

**Brand:** audio-technica
**Price:** ฿21261
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💿 Elevate your vinyl game with precision and style!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** VMN95SH VM95 series Shibata replacement stylus Brown by audio-technica
- **How much does it cost?** ฿21261 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- audio-technica enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted audio-technica brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Plug-and-Play Upgrade:** Transform your vinyl experience in under 10 minutes—no technical hassle, just pure sonic bliss.
- • **Diamond-Tipped Durability:** Crafted with premium diamond material for long-lasting performance and pristine sound clarity.
- • **Signature Mid-High Range Sound:** Delivers the iconic Shibata warmth and strong mid-range volume that makes every track come alive.
- • **Audiophile-grade Shibata Stylus:** Experience unmatched musical realism and dynamic impact with the 2.7 x 0.26mil precision tip.
- • **Seamless VM95 Series Compatibility:** Upgrade or replace your stylus effortlessly without swapping the entire cartridge—flexibility that fits your lifestyle.

## Overview

The Audio-Technica VMN95SH is a top-tier Shibata replacement stylus designed for the VM95 Series cartridges. Featuring a diamond-tipped 2.7 x 0.26mil nude Shibata stylus, it delivers exceptional musical realism, resolution, and dynamic range. Compatible across the VM95 lineup, it allows easy upgrades without changing cartridges, offering audiophiles a crisp, immersive mid-high frequency sound with durable construction.

## Description

Upgrade your VM95 cartridge with this high-performance Shibata stylus, renowned for delivering exceptional musical realism, resolution, imaging, and dynamic impact.

Review: This is a very good stylus with excellent sound quality and flexible use - I bought this stylus to see what all the fuss is about regarding ML (Microline) styluses. It was easy to fit. I just removed the AT-VMN95C (Conical) stylus from its cartridge body and replaced it with the AT-VMN95ML (Microline); easy peasy. I then compared the sound quality against the AT-VMN95EN( Elliptical Nude). I used the LP "Anne Sophie Mutter Live From The Yellow Lounge". The sound quality of the LP itself is excellent and the recording was probably made on digital recorders. The music is excellent and really tests sound reproduction equipment to the full. I was not really expecting too much difference in sound quality but I thought I heard a marginal and noticeable difference but from an unexpected direction. As far as the music was concerned there was no difference. But with the ML stylus I heard some slight extra noises compared to the EN stylus whilst the audience was clapping. I thought that the ML stylus was not performing better than the EN. As an extra comparison I listened to the CD quality digital version of the same performance after I had balanced the volume. The extra resolution of the digital recording meant that I could put my finger on the background noise from of audience, which the ML was picking out but which the EN wasn't. The digital version of the recording is much better than the LP for obvious reasons - no pops and clicks and LP surface noise, and better dynamic range and frequency response - but the LP version came close with both the ML stylus and the EN one. Even the Conical stylus did well on an old VM cartridge. My conclusions are thus: For classical and acoustic folk music, well mastered CD digital recordings are superior. My humble analogue equipment does get close to CD quality, if I can ignore the pops and clicks etc. If my humble analogue equipment can get close to CD quality, why do I need to spend thousands on turntables and cartridges which are only going to give extremely marginal improvements? Beware of "expectation bias" and "feeling left behind" when making A and B assessments and only trust genuine blind test trials. I won't be buying the AT-VMN95SH (Shibata) stylus, as the ML is more than good enough. Its my opinion that the AT-VMN95ML stylus is excellent, but so is the AT-VMN95EN and the even AT-VMN95C holds its own. LPs are OK for pop music and Jazz, but for classical music CD quality sound recordings cannot be beaten. PS, I just pulled out a 1974 Black Lion recording of Stephane Grappelli playing with the Hot Club of London with Dis Dizley (Guitar) and Denny Wright (Guitar) and Len Skeat (Bass). Grappelli is a music genius, but his fellow musicians are virtuosos in their own right. The album was produced by Alan Bates, and was recorded by Robin Sedgley live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. This is a brilliant analogue recording which fully brings out the quality of the musicians and the atmosphere of the crowd. My LP has survived very well with just a few crackles on the quiet bits of the album. I noticed a marginal improvement of the ML stylus over and above my EN stylus. I can't put my finger on it but I felt that I was closer to the musicians and I felt the atmosphere of the audience on the live recording. Perhaps, the stylus is able to bring out the best of older LPs or perhaps the recording is just plain better than the Anne-Sophie Mutter recording. LPs are very variable in quality and that's one of the reasons why I prefer CD. The ML stylus tracks perfectly on my equipment as it has been aligned well but I don't use anti-skate. The LP played without sibilance, with a very good sound stage and without extra so called "inner grove distortion". It is an excellent stylus and cartridge combination and well recommended.
Review: First Impressions - Great sounding stylus from Audio Technica - I’ve had an Audio Technica LPW50PB turntable since 2021. It’s a lovely turntable that came with a black AT-VM95E cartridge/stylus. For an entry level stylus, it sounded pretty good but recently, I’ve wanted to try and upgrade the sound and get more potential from this lovely record deck, After reading many positive reviews online ( including desertcart), I decided to go for this AT-VMN95EN (orange) stylus, a significant upgrade as this is a nude elliptical stylus, and my Initial first impressions are - wow!!, what a difference. The thing I noticed immediately when I first played a record, was the difference in the high end, Previously, my original black AT95E could sound a bit flat, even though the bass was pretty good, for me and my set up, it lacked crisp high end. This new orange AT-VMN95EN has that high end I was looking for, but it also retains nice bass too. It seems to have opened up the music with a great clarity that didn’t seem to be there with the black stylus, I have to confess, that before buying this new stylus upgrade, I was pretty sceptical that I would hear a difference, but to my delight, there it was. Even on the first play, it was quite evident that there was a big improvement in sonic playback, My turntable is connected to a vintage Pioneer amp and a pair of mission 2 way speakers (see all photos) and for me, the quality of record playback seems to have gone up several notches, Another important factor for me, was upgrading the stylus was a breeze with my particular turntable, as these are made to easily swap any stylus within the VM95E range, it took less than 10mins to swap the stylus out before I did a re check of my tone arm set up and re took tracking force reading using a digital scale. These steps may not be necessary when swapping out just the stylus, but I like to make sure everything is on point, Lastly, I have included a short video taken with my iPhone and while it doesn’t do this stylus full potential, it will give you an idea. It’s very early days yet, but for a stylus to sound great the first time you use it, is surely an excellent sign and I can only imagine how great this will sound once it has had time to fully settle in, In terms of spec comparison, I believe this orange AT-VMN95EN is of similar spec to the Ortofon 2M Blue , which is also a Nude elliptical Stylus! , and having used that particular cartridge on a previous turntable, I can say that from a sound point of video, the AT-VMN95EN equals it, One last thing I wanted to mention was that the audio playback was clear and crisp even at high volumes. Even with my amp set near the 12noon position on my Amps volume control, the sound was loud, punchy and crisp, and distortion free, As I said earlier, it’s early days yet but at present I’m really very pleased with the AT-VMN95EN stylus replacement, it’s sounds bloody awesome! Highly recommended!!!

## Features

- Top of the range 2.7 x 0.26mil Shibata replacement or upgrade stylus for AT-VM95 cartridge.The Nude Shibata stylus is renowned by high end audiophiles for achieving the highest level of musical realism, resolution, imaging and dynamic impact.
- Designed for use with all of the VM95 Series cartridge assemblies, easily upgrade or change your stylus without the need to change the cartridge
- Nude Square Shank Stylus Construction
- The compatibility in the range will allow you to change to any of the other 4 styli in the Series such as Conical,Elliptical, Elliptical Nude and Microlinear.
- Provides a beautiful mid-high range Shibata-signature sound and strong mid-range volume

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07JXDD3YL |
| Best Sellers Rank | 142 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 2 in Turntable Needles |
| Body material | Diamond |
| Computer Memory Type | DIMM |
| Connector | Half-Inch Mount |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,273) |
| Date First Available | 31 Oct. 2018 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04961310146047 |
| Included components | Replacement Stylus |
| Item Weight | 0.4 g |
| Item model number | AT-VMN95SH |
| Item weight | 0.4 Grams |
| Manufacturer | Audio-Technica |
| Material Type | Diamond |
| Product Dimensions | 1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm; 0.4 g |
| Set Name | VM95 Series |
| Size | AT-VMN95SH Shibata |
| UPC | 042005201464 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Audio-Technica
- **Colour:** Brown
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 14 x 12 x 9 millimetres
- **Material:** Diamond
- **Model name:** AT-VMN95SH

## Images

![VMN95SH VM95 series Shibata replacement stylus Brown - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51rCe1pFgnL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a very good stylus with excellent sound quality and flexible use
*by G***S on 15 November 2023*

I bought this stylus to see what all the fuss is about regarding ML (Microline) styluses. It was easy to fit. I just removed the AT-VMN95C (Conical) stylus from its cartridge body and replaced it with the AT-VMN95ML (Microline); easy peasy. I then compared the sound quality against the AT-VMN95EN( Elliptical Nude). I used the LP "Anne Sophie Mutter Live From The Yellow Lounge". The sound quality of the LP itself is excellent and the recording was probably made on digital recorders. The music is excellent and really tests sound reproduction equipment to the full. I was not really expecting too much difference in sound quality but I thought I heard a marginal and noticeable difference but from an unexpected direction. As far as the music was concerned there was no difference. But with the ML stylus I heard some slight extra noises compared to the EN stylus whilst the audience was clapping. I thought that the ML stylus was not performing better than the EN. As an extra comparison I listened to the CD quality digital version of the same performance after I had balanced the volume. The extra resolution of the digital recording meant that I could put my finger on the background noise from of audience, which the ML was picking out but which the EN wasn't. The digital version of the recording is much better than the LP for obvious reasons - no pops and clicks and LP surface noise, and better dynamic range and frequency response - but the LP version came close with both the ML stylus and the EN one. Even the Conical stylus did well on an old VM cartridge. My conclusions are thus: For classical and acoustic folk music, well mastered CD digital recordings are superior. My humble analogue equipment does get close to CD quality, if I can ignore the pops and clicks etc. If my humble analogue equipment can get close to CD quality, why do I need to spend thousands on turntables and cartridges which are only going to give extremely marginal improvements? Beware of "expectation bias" and "feeling left behind" when making A and B assessments and only trust genuine blind test trials. I won't be buying the AT-VMN95SH (Shibata) stylus, as the ML is more than good enough. Its my opinion that the AT-VMN95ML stylus is excellent, but so is the AT-VMN95EN and the even AT-VMN95C holds its own. LPs are OK for pop music and Jazz, but for classical music CD quality sound recordings cannot be beaten. PS, I just pulled out a 1974 Black Lion recording of Stephane Grappelli playing with the Hot Club of London with Dis Dizley (Guitar) and Denny Wright (Guitar) and Len Skeat (Bass). Grappelli is a music genius, but his fellow musicians are virtuosos in their own right. The album was produced by Alan Bates, and was recorded by Robin Sedgley live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. This is a brilliant analogue recording which fully brings out the quality of the musicians and the atmosphere of the crowd. My LP has survived very well with just a few crackles on the quiet bits of the album. I noticed a marginal improvement of the ML stylus over and above my EN stylus. I can't put my finger on it but I felt that I was closer to the musicians and I felt the atmosphere of the audience on the live recording. Perhaps, the stylus is able to bring out the best of older LPs or perhaps the recording is just plain better than the Anne-Sophie Mutter recording. LPs are very variable in quality and that's one of the reasons why I prefer CD. The ML stylus tracks perfectly on my equipment as it has been aligned well but I don't use anti-skate. The LP played without sibilance, with a very good sound stage and without extra so called "inner grove distortion". It is an excellent stylus and cartridge combination and well recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ First Impressions - Great sounding stylus from Audio Technica
*by P***L on 2 June 2024*

I’ve had an Audio Technica LPW50PB turntable since 2021. It’s a lovely turntable that came with a black AT-VM95E cartridge/stylus. For an entry level stylus, it sounded pretty good but recently, I’ve wanted to try and upgrade the sound and get more potential from this lovely record deck, After reading many positive reviews online ( including Amazon), I decided to go for this AT-VMN95EN (orange) stylus, a significant upgrade as this is a nude elliptical stylus, and my Initial first impressions are - wow!!, what a difference. The thing I noticed immediately when I first played a record, was the difference in the high end, Previously, my original black AT95E could sound a bit flat, even though the bass was pretty good, for me and my set up, it lacked crisp high end. This new orange AT-VMN95EN has that high end I was looking for, but it also retains nice bass too. It seems to have opened up the music with a great clarity that didn’t seem to be there with the black stylus, I have to confess, that before buying this new stylus upgrade, I was pretty sceptical that I would hear a difference, but to my delight, there it was. Even on the first play, it was quite evident that there was a big improvement in sonic playback, My turntable is connected to a vintage Pioneer amp and a pair of mission 2 way speakers (see all photos) and for me, the quality of record playback seems to have gone up several notches, Another important factor for me, was upgrading the stylus was a breeze with my particular turntable, as these are made to easily swap any stylus within the VM95E range, it took less than 10mins to swap the stylus out before I did a re check of my tone arm set up and re took tracking force reading using a digital scale. These steps may not be necessary when swapping out just the stylus, but I like to make sure everything is on point, Lastly, I have included a short video taken with my iPhone and while it doesn’t do this stylus full potential, it will give you an idea. It’s very early days yet, but for a stylus to sound great the first time you use it, is surely an excellent sign and I can only imagine how great this will sound once it has had time to fully settle in, In terms of spec comparison, I believe this orange AT-VMN95EN is of similar spec to the Ortofon 2M Blue , which is also a Nude elliptical Stylus! , and having used that particular cartridge on a previous turntable, I can say that from a sound point of video, the AT-VMN95EN equals it, One last thing I wanted to mention was that the audio playback was clear and crisp even at high volumes. Even with my amp set near the 12noon position on my Amps volume control, the sound was loud, punchy and crisp, and distortion free, As I said earlier, it’s early days yet but at present I’m really very pleased with the AT-VMN95EN stylus replacement, it’s sounds bloody awesome! Highly recommended!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Audio Technica does it again.
*by N***S on 4 August 2022*

I bought this stylus to upgrade from the VMN 95C conical entry level, itself a very creditable performer and astounding value at the £29 I paid. The VMN 95ML cartridge/stylus combination is more accomplished than anything I've heard at even three times the price. Tracking and groove tracing are very good by any standards ( the importance of which is often underestimated.) The sound is crisp, clear, and detailed, and the performance on end of side tracks will be an eye opener to many. Another bonus is you can actually hear TREBLE! Many other manufacturers are happy to market cartridges in this, and higher price brackets with the top end rolled off. This conveniently disguises their products limitations in tracking and tracing, and aids and abets the " vinyl warm sound " myth. Bravo to Audio Technica for making cartridges that actually paint the whole picture. Some appear to think that hearing treble is "bright" or even "harsh." All I can say is this stylus is spot on, and if the recording is poor, that's what you hear. Anyway, it's obvious I thoroughly recommend this! Audio Technica have once again come out with a cartridge range that further enhances their reputation at this area of the market.

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