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Shure stopped making their famed beryllium cantilever replacement styli for this cart in 2004. That's old news. So AFAIK the only replacement stylus for this cart was the JICO. That one has gone up to $300, which makes it a non contender as far as I'm concerned.
So I stumbled onto this Ed Saunders website.He makes what is supposed to be an exact replacement for the Shure factory stylus, for $59.95! Obviously it is not an exact copy, as the cantilever is aluminum alloy rather than berylium. But it otherwise specs pretty close. Anyone had experience with this one?
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No experience with that Tip.
However "Ed" is long gone and the new proprietor has incurred some controversy.
I'd be checking it out before sending $$.
What separated the V15VxMR from other cartridges was the beryllium cantilever and the micro-ridge stylus tip geometry. Frequency Response, Output and Distortion will be different with a replacement stylus assembly. Since Shure patented most of their cartridge designs, it's going to be difficult finding a replacement that will come close to matching Shure's original specifications. However, Ed Saunders sounds like a bargin and if your memory is short, the sound from a replacement stylus may be completely satisfactory.
Yup...that's the problem. My memory is LONG. You're right of course about the cantilever and stylus tip. I'm also noticing that LP Gear has a replacement that uses a line contact stylus, for $150. That might be worth a try.
Vinyl sales keep increasing. Maybe if enough of us start a letter writing campaign to Shure....
who knows, after January 20, Shure may be motivated to bring back production into their home state within the United States. If that happens maybe they'll take another look at their cartridge operations and, perhaps, decide it may be time to update things.
When was it that Shure moved their cartridge mfr operations into Mexico? After nafta I'm sure.
-Steve
Shure built a manufacturing plant in Mexico in 1983, the same year the V15 type V-MR was introduced. By 1994 all V15s were produced by the plant in Mexico. In 1997, Shure introduced the V15-VxMR. In 2004, Shure retired the V15 model (claiming the difficulty in obtaining parts) but the Mexican plant still produces microphones, earphones and other Shure products.
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