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In Reply to: RE: Teach Me About Shure V15 Cartridges posted by 4Play on August 20, 2015 at 17:21:40
I think I can get you started, but the subject is vast and I'm sure if you google search, you will find more than you really need!
The V15 series was Shure's assault on the SOTA for high compliance MM cartridge technology. The primary aim was to achieve the highest "trackability" possible at the lowest tracking force possible. Shure equated doing that with making the "best" cartridge. Over the course of more than 20 years, the V15 evolved dramatically. The first of them to become cult items/standard setters, IMHO, was the V15III. It started with an elliptical stylus, and transitioned to a hyperelliptical late in its development. For its time, it sounded fantastic, but some found its rising treble response a bit glaring. The V15IV added the dynamic stabilizer to cope with record warp but kept the V15 house sound. (Some listeners, though, thought it a bit dull on the top end compared with the III.) The V15V came in several flavors. IIRC, Its first iteration had a hyperelliptical stylus attached to beryllium cantilever. The dynamic stabilizer was retained. When the hyperelliptical was replaced with a Microridge stylus the suffix MR was added. Additional improvements (thinner cantilever tube and side deflection protection for the cantilever in addition to the dymamic stabilizer) yielded the last version, the V15VxMR. It wasn't long before the cantilever material became unobtainable and the entire V15V series went off the market. To complicate matters, Shure had a marketing arrangement with Radio Shack under which some V15V models were sold as V15RS cartridges. These appear to be the first version, hyperelliptical stylus/beryllium cantilever.
Hope this helps.
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They had a stylus replacement program which I used, uhhh, more than once. Initially a new stylus was $25. When I got my first replacement, it was a HE type, my second replacement was a Microridge! stylus that's still in use to this day when I plop that cartridge on.
Those V15IIIs paired well with the Dual turntables. At various times I had the 1219, 1229, and 1249 all paired with the Type III cartridges.
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Thank you both for your thoughts and insight.
So, which type would be the best combo for the 1219? If I am unable to find a cartridge/stylus, would it be feasible to buy a cartridge and then the stylus. Would any stylus work on any cartridge type?
I'd go with a V15III on the 1219. They frequently pop up either here, AudioGon, or Ebay. Unless NOS, I'd go with a JICO replacement stylus, so no problem buying a body, then the proper stylus. The combination will sing beautifully on the 1219, giving you a very strong taste of what sound was like "back in the day". Styli, by the way, are not generally interchangeable between the V15 types. IIRC, there is a chart showing which styli go with what carts. Again, google is your friend.
I don't have a III on hand. PM me if you're interested in a V15IV which I bought NOS and only put about 100 hours on before mounting a V15VRS on my Grace 707 tonearm. It should work fine on the Dual.
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