Benz Micro Ruby 2 phono cartridge

I've used this cartridge sparingly for the past few years. I am the original owner and the cartridge is in in perfect condition. I know this is always a concern when buying a used cartridge. All I can say in response to that is to extend the buyer an invitation to hear it. Honestly, I'll also share that i have some trepidation in selling this thing because the cartridge sounds so damned good, I'm not sure if its possible to buy something at a reasonable price that will sound as good. But that's my problem. What you get in return is simply one of the most satisfying musical and extraordinary transducers ever made for LP reproduction.
The precursor of this cartridge was the original Ruby which received these comments from famed reviewer Arthur Salvatore in 2015:
The first cartridge I heard in the "modern era", which had no "serious" sonic weakness, was the Benz-Micro Ruby. While some other cartridges still had minor advantages in certain areas, the Ruby had no "obvious" weakness, which I define as some sonic "problem" that any serious listener could hear, without even having to listen for it. Prior to the Ruby, every cartridge I had heard, at any price, had at least one (or more) fundamental flaw; lack of body; poor dynamics; loss of detail; veiling; no depth and/or focus; poor decay; loss of natural harmonics; lack of immediacy; missing and/or distorted deep bass; treble roll-off etc. The Ruby was different, it was "excellent" in every area, which meant that, for the first time, you didn't have to choose, and then live with, one unavoidable sonic "poison" (at a minimum). This was a huge technological breakthrough at the time.

The Ruby II has improved on the original Ruby in audibly significant ways. It is just a gorgeous and extremely musical cartridge. Nobody ever parts with this cartridge easily, myself included!