Craig B
Re:trophile
Leaving the boron cantilever question aside for the moment, aside from the price difference (i.e. circa £249.97 for a JICO SAS/B vs. £134.99 for a tip profile equivalent AT-VM95ML* for the K5) I'd definitely be wanting my phono input loading capacitance down to circa 100pF (from Naim's ill conceived 470pF) for the K5 generator. The Shelter's OEM generator (which dates back to the 1970s) is much more tolerant here.Gotcha. Now this is all becoming interesting as a design to me you see. I do like to know how things work prior to buying something, if I can.
Ok lastly, if I could just keep you on board for a tad longer; is the better option in your opinion to go Shelter 201 body & upgrade to this Jico SAS/B (B = boron) stylus, or other interesting 'exotic' stylus idea, using the K5 body-?
Thanks, Capt
* ML = Microline, audio-technica's 'MicroRidge'. This and SAS are Namiki MicroRidge, all made in the same factory in Japan. The table above was originally published by Namiki and said 'MicroRidge stylus' in the column heading where it currently says 'S.A.S. stylus'. Of course, there are minor distinguishing dimensional differences vis-a-vie r/R, however these are much of a muchness.