Experience with Sensitive Sound MC cartridges


Would anyone please share their experience with any of the Sensitive Sound MC cartridges from Russia? It's imported by Solypsa Audio in Seattle. I got curious after reading a review of the ART Majestic. It's a relatively new brand; hoping anyone reading has tried it. Thank you. 
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@chakster Just to clarify a point from your post: The meteorite material referenced  is not stone, it is metal, and used in the generator not the body. Its easy to research these metals. Also basically all high end cartridges are made by an 'enthusiast' so that is a dubious point of contention. Even the big Japanese names are each built by one, or maybe a few artisans...
@chakster
True, reputation building takes time. I agree with you on this point!
Regarding meteorite...Wiki 'iron meteorite'. Then you will see the general class we are talking about. From within this general class comes the material Roman has come to prefer. Nothing outrageous here...
@chakster I would have thought, given you are in Russia, that you would pick up the phone and ask Roman 'who he is' directly. Of course it is easier to just assume and post accordingly. Have a great night! Hope your (awesome) Luxman decks are playing some tasty tracks for you...
I have a bias so won’t comment much more, however:
@chakster don’t dig it? Cool. But it’s a bit rash to make negative assertions on a product you have NEVER seen. What you see from pictures is (for the large frame carts) a magnet array and a field stabilization element. Yep others do it to. And?


It is fairly obvvious but just to mention:
The Splash/Art series are an easy match to most modern tonearms in terms of weight and compliance, however the two 'large frame' models ( Y12 and T8) really need a higher mass arm. Roman does use/ like the SME 3012 for these but it should be noted he uses the 1950's 3012 series 1, which is higher effective mass as compared to later variants.