Audio-Technica AT-1010 (c. 1980–1981)
The AT-1010 was a phono tonearm from Audio-Technica, documented almost entirely through period equipment listings from around 1980–1981. No original brochure, manual, or deeper design history appears to have survived in the archive, so the record is thin but reasonably specific.
High Fidelity's phono equipment roundup (1980, p.97) listed the AT-1010 at $350, with a 9½-inch pivot-to-stylus length, 10-gram effective mass, and a tracking force range of 0 to 2.5 grams. A follow-up listing the next year (1981, p.165) measured the arm's resonance at 10 Hz when fitted with an AT-14Sa cartridge, claimed 0.5-degree tracking error, and noted a removable headshell and cueing. The same listing highlighted a jeweled unipivot bearing and magnetic anti-skating as the arm's notable features.
Known specs, in short:
- Price: $350 (High Fidelity, 1980, p.97)
- Pivot-to-stylus length: 9½"
- Effective mass: 10 grams
- Tracking force range: 0–2.5 grams
- Resonance: 10 Hz with AT-14Sa cartridge
- Tracking error: 0.5 degree
- Removable headshell, cueing, jeweled unipivot bearing, magnetic anti-skating
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