Music Hall Spirit Cartridge

"Extracts Maximum Information from the Groove"

The Spirit is Music Hall's most affordable phono cartridge. But don't let the low price fool you. Like every audiophile product from Music Hall, Spirit provides a tremendous amount of performance, challenging its competition at a fraction of the cost.

The Spirit is a supremely musical moving magnet phono cartridge. Developed and built specially for Music Hall by Audio Technica, this little gem incorporates a low-mass cantilever and an elliptical stylus tip that gets down deep into the grooves (pun intended by Music Hall's Roy Hall), and it sets the music free.

Responds Quickly!

"The Music Hall Spirit cartridge extracts maximum information from the groove," reports Thom Moon, soundstageaccess.com, June 1, 2020. "It’s a variant of A-T’s AT95 series, possibly the most popular cartridges around these days. The low mass of the Spirit’s cantilever certainly helps transient performance, allowing it to respond more quickly to sharp, high-level sounds.

The Spirit is as easy to use as it is compatible, performing admirably with a wide range of tonearms and turntables. Built for longevity, it features a user-replaceable stylus. So even if your stylus eventually needs replacing, you never need give up the Spirit!

Product Features

MM Moving Magnet phono cartridge
Made by Audio Technica specifically for Music Hall
Stylus shape: elliptical 0.4 x 0.7 mil
Stylus type: replaceable
Cantilever: alloy tube
Stylus construction: bonded round shank

Product Specs

Frequency response: 20Hz – 20kHz ± 3dB
Channel balance: 2.5dB @ 1kHz
Channel separation: >20dB @ 1kHz
Output: 3.5mV ± 2dB, 1kHz @ 5cm/sec
Vertical tracking angle: 20 degrees
Load impedance: 47,000 Ohm
Cartridge weight: 5.7g
Fixing center: 0.5” (12.7mm)
Playing weight: 1.5 – 2.5g (2.0g nom.)

"The Music Hall Spirit moving-magnet cartridge is built by Audio-Technica to Music Hall’s specs – it’s a variant of A-T’s AT95 series, possibly the most popular cartridges around these days. The low mass of the Spirit’s cantilever certainly helps transient performance, allowing it to respond more quickly to sharp, high-level sounds."

"The Music Hall Spirit cartridge extracts maximum information from the groove."

- Thom Moon, soundstageaccess.com, June 1, 2020