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Shelter | Vinyl Sound Buffalo, NY USA

Shelter is widely respected among audiophiles for its masterfully crafted moving coil cartridges that deliver exceptional musicality, natural tonality, and superb tracking performance. Hand-assembled in Japan with exacting precision, Shelter products blend traditional craftsmanship with advanced engineering to achieve a sound that is rich, dynamic, and remarkably lifelike.

The celebrated 501 III and 901 III MC cartridges represent the heart of Shelter’s lineup. Known for their effortless musical flow, engaging midrange, and wide soundstage, these models offer a beautifully balanced presentation suitable for a wide variety of tonearms and phono stages. Their refined micro-line stylus and rigid body construction ensure excellent detail retrieval and reduced distortion.

At the top of the range, the Shelter Harmony stands as a statement piece, built with a carbon-fiber composite body designed to minimize resonance while maximizing clarity and precision. Its expressive dynamics, deep bass articulation, and breathtaking transparency make it a favorite for serious analog enthusiasts seeking reference-level performance.

Shelter also offers essential accessories such as the 411 MC Step-Up Transformer, engineered to provide clean gain and low noise for low-output MC cartridges, ensuring optimal phono stage performance. Additional components like replacement styli and protective guards support long-term reliability and ease of maintenance.

Whether you're upgrading your analog front end or building a finely tuned vinyl playback system, Shelter cartridges deliver a rare combination of musical warmth, detail, and craftsmanship.

Explore the complete Shelter collection available at Vinyl Sound USA Inc. in Buffalo, NY, and elevate your analog listening experience with beautifully engineered Japanese performance.

SHELTER 501 III MC CARTRIDGE | VINYL SOUND USA The Model 501 III is latest development of 501 series. Through continued refinement the 501 III is equally responsive with the most recent recordings or any of your most cherished albums. The 501 III has the combination of aluminum clad boron cantilever and elliptical diamond stylus tip.
Shelter SHELTER 501 III MC CARTRIDGE
$1,295.00
SHELTER 901 III MC CARTRIDGE | VINYL SOUND USA The 901III uses hard aluminum cantilever with line-contact diamond stylus chip same structure with Harmony. Unlike models 7000 and 9000, which pursue more information or detail of sound, 901III provides comfort of analog playback sound from the moment when the stylus chip falls into the groove.
Shelter SHELTER 901 III MC CARTRIDGE
$2,500.00
SHELTER HARMONY CARTRIDGE | VINYL SOUND USA Shelter’s flagship model, the Harmony, employs dry carbon fiber (CFRP) for the body shell. CFRP delivers a superb acoustic characteristic and is an ideal match with the newly designed motor assembly. This combination is capable of delivering a great musical reproduction even on records with less than optimal recordings.
Shelter SHELTER HARMONY CARTRIDGE
$4,900.00
SHELTER 411 MC STEP-UP TRANSFORMER | VINYL SOUND USA The Model 411 II is mono-functional stereo MC transformer to match with MC cartridges with internal impedance (DCR) of less than 15 ohm. The impedance tolerance is 25 ohms. The transformer is a toroidal design that applies the toroidal winding to 0.05mm thickness of supermalloy, layered ring-core.
Shelter SHELTER 411 MC STEP-UP TRANSFORMER
$1,500.00