Schick Resin Headshell

The Thomas Schick Resin Headshell works perfectly (of course) with Thomas’ own tonearms, and also with any tonearm with a standard bayonet headshell connection, like classic SME 3009 and 3012 tonearms. It’s made of a high-density resin flecked with metal flakes, resulting in an extremely rigid, resonance-free unit. A perfect match for the very best high-end cartridges.

Thomas himself declines to characterise the sonic qualities of his various headshells, explaining that much depends on the cartridge used, and that the different headshell weights allow them to be matched with cartridges with different compliance specifications. The resin headshell, at 15.4 g, is the middleweight of the range. Weights of the three different Schick headshells, including headshell cables, are: