I know it's a tangent but after the Adikt to K9 to Adikt exercise, I mounted up a Shure M91ed with NOS N91ed stylus in the Ittok LVII and it is about 25% louder then either of the Linn carts and sounding very nice at 1 gram.

This may or may not factor into this discussion, but I thought I should note that different companies often use different modulation levels on the record for their output level specs. This makes them often much harder to compare. Tom, I just realized you may have been working for Audiophile Systems...

Ron, I fully appreciate your efforts in bringing the virtues of the VM95C to light. Indeed, I purchased a Sturtevant Richmont Torque Products model CAL-36/4 Roto-Torq 1/4 drive off of ebay a few days ago for $30 and am waiting for its arrival. The thread you started and have been adding to regularly...

Brilliant Ron! Please share the source for your information on the K9's output or whether it is purely based on the measurements given for the AT 95E. Are you taking your own measurements? Yes, VinylEngine is only one source, no need to be snarky. I also have the same information directly from the L...

Hi Ron, Please forgive me for hitting on a technical issue in my first post but while it is true that the VM95E and VM95C have a 4.0 mV output, The VM95EN, ML and SH have a 3.5 mV output and the old K5, K9 and K18 have a 4.5 mV output. The AT info can be found here: https://www.audio-technica.com/en...