The Ortofon OM40 on my Dual 701 was getting 'tired' (many hours) so I did a fair bit of shopping around. I was never that impressed with the Ortofon 2M Black I owned and have always missed the AT150MXL I sold a few years ago, so decided to try one of AT's better MM carts as the AT150 series was discontinued about the time I sold mine. The VM740ML is a nude MicroLine stylus and sounds great 'right outta da box'. If the two more expensive models with Shibata & Special Line Contact stylus are better they must be something. Nice thing about that is these styli will fit the 740ML body should I feel like upgrading at some point.
I do wonder if that warning on the box (can cause cancer and reproductive harm) means I should not eat the box or the cartridge? 
The VM740ML in action.
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