Well it sounds good so far. I wasn’t sure what to expect but its a fine addition to my collection 
It sounded nice in my SME V but that wasn’t an ideal match. I guess thats a TW Acustic Raven arm, if so that does have a higher effective mass so should be a good match.
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Brilliant bit of kit
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I’m hoping so…It was bought following both your recommendation and the thumbs up from @Tons_of_fun, so I figure I can’t go wrong really!
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Well, I’m still using mine, a few months later, and that’s quite unusual for me
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High praise indeed. I’m figuring it’s gotta be better than the phono stage in my preamp (Linn Kollektor 
) and it will allow me to run two t/tables, so all good.
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Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 integrated amp.
Have it setup with a BK XXLS400 sub using the active crossover at 80Hz
With room perfect enabled it’s making some very very nice noises despite being a digital amp.
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Trying my Shelter 701 on the Raven arm and it sounds magnificent. I loved this cart from the first time I heard it on my Oracle a few years back but I don’t have a counterweight able to handle it’s 13g weight on the Kuzma so it has been sat awaiting something suitable for a while. You don’t often see these, I believe it was Shelters first cartridge from around 1986 and has since been superseded by the 7000. I assume it has been retipped at some point but it sounds brilliant. Better to my ears than the £2.6k Accord which I used to have.
Anyone else on here have one or owned one?
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Isn’t Phil/Papa a Shelter aficionado? Recall them sounding awesome on his Voyd.
I did once have a Shelter 901. Was a lovely cart.
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I had a 501 way back when, probably sold it 10yrs ago, smooth and dynamic.
Was my first proper MC
Very nice carts.
First UK sample of the Audio Technica ART 20; the rubber mat version of the same design principle that lives inside @crimsondonkey’s one.
It’s brand new so it needs some hours on it but there’s promise already. Yours for £1,895.
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Have the buggers included threaded inserts inside the cartridge body yet?
They have! I honestly thought I’d never see the day but they plan to move over to threaded inserts on everything now.
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Thank fuck for that!
Where have they put the coils on this one? The cantilever looks well protected.
It has arrived ahead of the press info but I believe that the proboscis at the front has to be at least part of the answer; almost all the mass of the thing seems to be directly over or in front of the stylus.
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I do love the fact that AT aren’t seen as esoteric or fashionable, the limited cartridges I’ve tried of theirs I’ve been convinced they could choose to charge a lot more for if they wanted to. Long may it continue.
Look forward to hearing your impressions once its got a few more hours on it.
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