"I recommend the Shelter 501 MK.II without hesitation. I recommended it at $2650 in a different analog environment ; at only $850, how could it be otherwise!" - Michael Fremer, Stereophile, Feb 2005

"Let me come right out and say it: The Shelter 501 is the best sub $1,000 I've yet heard"...- Absolute Sound May 2004

"The 501 Mk II is one of those rare products that does everything well-and some things spectacularly well.  ...you have a cartridge that takes you about as close as you can get to top-tier performance at this price point." - The Absolute Sound Editors on the Shelter 501

"It's superb three-dimensionality adds spaciousness to recordings seemingly lacking in air and bloom"... - Product of the Year Award Winner, Jonathan Valin, TAS

Specifications:
Moving Coil (MC) Stereo Phono Cartridge
Output Voltage: 0.4mV at 1kHz 5cm/sec.
Channel Balance: within 1.0dB at 1kHz
Stylus Tip: 0.3x0.7mil Elliptical Nude Diamond
Weight: 8.1g
DC Resistance: 12 ohm
Tracking Force Range: 1.4 to 2.0g
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz, +/-2dB
Recommended Load Impedance: Step-up trans within 20 ohm
                                                   Head amplifier within 100 ohm
                                                   High gain EQ-amplifier within 47 ohm