It's difficult to tell from the above photo, if the cartridge has a purpleheart or anodized alloy body.
The Shibui, made by the late, great Garth Phillippe had a milled alloy body which was anodized red.
Here's a photo of one I used to run on an 18 gram, Ebony arm wand Schroeder Reference.
http://www.galibierdesign.com/zzz_shibui.html
If you scroll down the page, you'll see the original box along with a top view of the cartridge.
Without knowing, you wouldn't be able to tell from my photo either - whether it's purpleheart or anodized alloy, but rest assured that the Shibui was indeed an alloy and not wood-bodied.
For a hot rodded Denon, these days, I'd go to Soundsmith.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
The Shibui, made by the late, great Garth Phillippe had a milled alloy body which was anodized red.
Here's a photo of one I used to run on an 18 gram, Ebony arm wand Schroeder Reference.
http://www.galibierdesign.com/zzz_shibui.html
If you scroll down the page, you'll see the original box along with a top view of the cartridge.
Without knowing, you wouldn't be able to tell from my photo either - whether it's purpleheart or anodized alloy, but rest assured that the Shibui was indeed an alloy and not wood-bodied.
For a hot rodded Denon, these days, I'd go to Soundsmith.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier