Anyone have experience w/Shelter 501 II?

This combo should not work well together. The low compliance of the 501 should minimally require a tonearm with 11gm effective mass, the jmw9 is 7.7. There are ways to get around this, adding mass to the arm, such as Cartridge Man Isololator or weights.

Many thanks to each of the replies, which I have received. I am still kicking this around and I really do appreciate your input.

Regards,

AEW

I didn't think it worked particularly well with a std. JMW9 arm, there was audible mis-tracking, more so then any other cartridge that I have used. It is a low compliance cartridge and the JMW9 is a low mass arm, not the best combo.

That said more then a few people have used this combination successfully. Perhaps the Shelter's have some variation in there compliance.

Wonderful performer! I have used the Shelter with three different decks. A Nottingham Spacedeck, VPI Scoutmaster, and a Rega P5.

I was using the 501 II on my Scoutmaster and loved it. I have sinced move up the Shelter food chain to the 90x but you can't go wrong with the 501.