Sublima Audio Research is proud to present… SHELLY!
An exquisite accessory for vinyl listening, handcrafted from 300-year-old Italian olive wood. Naturally stabilized without the use of kilns, the sapwood adjacent to the heartwood is carefully selected for its fiber quality and texture, becoming a new benchmark in headshell design. Shelly is the first and only headshell in the world featuring a dual resonance cavity and crafted almost entirely by hand using traditional luthier tools.

This centuries-old Italian olive wood is highly sought after for its exceptional hardness. We treat it with a proprietary dual liquid electromagnetic interactor developed in our luthier lab to stimulate wide-spectrum vibration, preserve the wood over time, and deliver exceptional sound quality. This process extracts more detail from your cartridges—both MM and MC.

These treatments are the same ones we’ve used to restore and upgrade fine violins from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries—achieving results that have amazed musicians. Woodwinds and brass instruments are rendered with rich harmonic depth, and vocals sound more lifelike, complete, and vibrant than ever before.

Discover just how much hidden detail can be revealed from your vinyl records.

Sublima Audio Research represents dedication, proprietary design, and a deep exploration of acoustics, electronics, and luthiery—over 35 years of experience, all in service of Music.

Shelly is a project by Alex Cereda for S.A.R.