{"title":"Cartridges","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"audio-technica-at-vm95e","title":"Audio-Technica AT-VM95E","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe default first upgrade for almost any deck that takes a standard cartridge. Elliptical stylus, easy to install, and it sounds noticeably cleaner than whatever came bundled with your table. The smart part is the body: every stylus in the VM95 range fits it, so when you're ready to move up, you buy a stylus, not a new cartridge. Not exotic, not fussy, just right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audio-Technica","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52048541483304,"sku":null,"price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/0557\/5208\/files\/at-vm95e_01.png?v=1783018730"},{"product_id":"ortofon-2m-blue","title":"Ortofon 2M Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classic upgrade cartridge, and it earns the reputation. High output, precise elliptical stylus, and a lively, punchy presentation that makes rock and electronic records move. If your system leans polite, this wakes it up. The trade: it's revealing enough to show off surface noise on rough copies, and the replacement stylus costs nearly as much as the cartridge did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ortofon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52048541581608,"sku":null,"price":219.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/0557\/5208\/files\/Ortofon_2M_Blue_Tilt_Left_01.png?v=1783018968"},{"product_id":"audio-technica-at-vm95ml","title":"Audio-Technica AT-VM95ML","description":"\u003cp\u003eYes, the Reference pick costs less than the Premium pick. The Wall is about performance, not price. The MicroLine stylus on the VM95ML reads the groove more accurately than anything else we carry — cleaner inner grooves, less distortion at the end of a side, less record wear, and roughly twice the stylus life of an elliptical. This is the cartridge I'd put on my own table and forget about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you already own the VM95E, the upgrade is just the stylus. Same body, five minutes of work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audio-Technica","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52048541712680,"sku":null,"price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/0557\/5208\/files\/at-vm95ml_01.png?v=1783019109"},{"product_id":"nagaoka-mp-110","title":"Nagaoka MP-110","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe warm one. Nagaoka has been quietly building cartridges in Japan for decades, and the MP-110 has a full, forgiving, musical character that flatters worn records and bright systems. If the Audio-Technicas sound too matter-of-fact to you, this is the other direction. Harder to find than the others — worth the hunt if that description sounds like your records.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nagaoka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52048541876520,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/0557\/5208\/files\/0f9f65dbb4a590999ad36b3a42b6d39755a90344.jpg?v=1783019122"}],"url":"https:\/\/sonictemple.io\/collections\/cartridges.oembed","provider":"Sonic Temple","version":"1.0","type":"link"}