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I totally agree with your comments about the Shure M97xe, but do you

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In Reply to: RE: I remember when the IV came out... posted by ghost of olddude55 on November 17, 2021 at 07:08:55

remember the posts by fscerri? I currently run a M97xe with a Jico stylus on my AR-XA. Without the Jico stylus, the M97xe is flat and boring to me.
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Yep, I remember them. A lot of bother, you ask me. - ghost of olddude55 11:07:54 11/17/21 (3)
Even if I got the resistance right, there was the bad QC to get around. Check out the TnT Audio review, there's a pic of the stylus and it's visibly off azimuth. Mine was like that, too, and I didn't need a microscope or even a jeweler's loupe to see it.
Prices on the M97xe skyrocketed when Shure stopped production. There are far better cars for far less money.

The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
- bad QC - Story 14:36:44 11/17/21 (2)
  that's what seems to cause most of the problems, cheaping out to maintain a good profit margin without raising the price much. The other would be sending things overseas to be manufactured. This is exactly what happened in the music world with guitars and amps etc. The USA sent people over to set things up and the 1st samples are AOK. A few months or years go by and it declines. The headquarters finds out later when people start complaining and it starts to add up. They either fix problems or not.
  
  The Shure SM58 is probably the worlds most used live vocal mike. That's a lot of spittely soaked mics.
  - At least I didn't pay a lot for it. - ghost of olddude55 15:18:40 11/17/21 (1)
    Remember Garage-A-Records? Got mine when they were selling the M97xe for $65.
    That kind of money today would get you an VM95 with an elliptical stylus.
    
    The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
    - I got my 97 from them as well. Your description is apt. nt - viridian 17:09:21 11/17/21 (0)
      Nt

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