Audio-Technica AT-ART20 Dual MC Phono Cartridge Offers Precise Tracking, Offers LP Playback with Nuanced Detail and Lifelike Imaging

The Audio-Technica AT-ART20 Dual moving-coil phono cartridge provides everything most anyone could want in a high-end analog instrument, including its presentation of spatial imaging that conveys the original environment of the recorded performance. Its precise tracking abilties mean you'll hear what's really in the grooves of your LPs, including complex information during challenging passages. And its extended responsivess with both high-frequency and low bass ranges depic the full sonic spectrum with alluring clarity, nuance, and dynamics.

Made in Japan, AT-ART20 features an aluminum base, titanium housing, and elastomer undercover. Titanium was also selected for the tip reinforcement plate that holds the diamond tip in place due to its ability to reduce mass while and enhance high-frequency characteristics. In addition, the thickness of the cartridge's gold-plated portion has been increased to approximately 30 times that of conventional products to reduce contact resistance.

“The ART20 conspires to have both meaningfully deep bass and an impressively well-lit top end.”
—Hi-Fi+, 2022 Best Product Award, Cartridge

Long Stylus Life

A nude special line contact stylus is used to provide premium high-frequency response with minimal inner-groove distortion for consistent reproduction across the entire record. The special line contact shape causes very little abrasion, resulting in long stylus life and low record wear. A rectangular shank mounts the stylus to the cantilever, ensuring precise alignment with the record groove and reducing mass to improve transient and frequency response (20 – 50,000 Hz). In addition, a stepped pipe structure connects the cantilever and armature, thereby increasing rigidity, which improves the strength of the cantilever and suppresses unwanted vibrations.

Unique Japanese Design

Utilizing the advanced cutting and polishing technologies cultivated in the eyeglass industry of Sabae City, Audio-Technica has crafted an organic design with a beautifully curved surface that has never been seen in a cartridge before. The combination of this design and advanced cutting technology has made it possible to reduce the thickness of the titanium, resulting in significant weight reduction.