Yes it has a Line Contact stylus and boron cantilever:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&...
Vintage Audio-Technica carts 20SLa and 20SS had/have Shibata stylus.
Indeed the ART9 is superlative performer reviewed by so many, please read the threads about here on A`gon for start and continue on other forums.
As for my bad experience with my SLa/SS sample, it was evident with different pressings from different origins (countries). I´m positive that my new SS stylus (from Needle Doctor if my memory serves me right) was somewhat defective, as those replacement styli are mass production after all. And the cantilever was a few degrees off-center already from new so one can make some conclusions. ( However, a slightly off-centered cantilever is not a problem as cart´s body can be adjusted so that stylus itself will track right as is meant to).
I blame mass production and poor quality control, not Shibata per se.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&...
Vintage Audio-Technica carts 20SLa and 20SS had/have Shibata stylus.
Indeed the ART9 is superlative performer reviewed by so many, please read the threads about here on A`gon for start and continue on other forums.
As for my bad experience with my SLa/SS sample, it was evident with different pressings from different origins (countries). I´m positive that my new SS stylus (from Needle Doctor if my memory serves me right) was somewhat defective, as those replacement styli are mass production after all. And the cantilever was a few degrees off-center already from new so one can make some conclusions. ( However, a slightly off-centered cantilever is not a problem as cart´s body can be adjusted so that stylus itself will track right as is meant to).
I blame mass production and poor quality control, not Shibata per se.
