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SOLD - FOR SALE: Shure V15 Type V-MR true Micro Ridge stylus

Item #649413435
Info: Shure V15 Type V-MR true Micro Ridge stylus  

Asking Price:
USD $365.00
Payment method: Paypal
Shipping Dimension: 10.00in x 4.00in x 2.00in
Condition:
9 - Excellent (?)
Date Posted: Feb 08, 18 6:54pm (PST)
Edited: Apr 19, 18 8:50am
About Seller: MI, United States
Product Brand: Shure
Product Model: V15VxMR
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Tested in operating condition -- great sound!! To the best of my knowledge, this cart sat in a drawer for the last 10 years and before that was part of an audiophiles "collection" and was never used. His turntable had two arms with one holding a $4000.00 Koetsu Urushi and the other a $2300 Benz Micro Ruby 2. I've spent many hours listening to this cart and find its performance to be flawless.

From HiFi Classic website:

"When we originally reported on the Shure V15 Type V moving-magnet phono cartridge, we acclaimed it as the best all-around cartridge available at the time. Upgrading the Type V must have been a formidable challenge, but Shure's V15 Type V-MR actually provides a substantial improvement in the tracking ability of what was already the best-tracking cartridge we knew of. It also retains the original's flat frequency response, low distortion, and Dynamic Stabilizer (a front-mounted antistatic dust brush that effectively damps the low-frequency cartridge/arm resonance to improve the tracking of warped discs).

The improvements derive from a new stylus assembly, the VN5MR. When this is sold with the Type V body, the combination is known as a V15 Type V-MR cartridge. An older Type V cartridge can be upgraded to Type V-MR status simply by replacing its stylus with a VN5MR. The "MR" stands for Micro-Ridge, which refers to the special shape of the new stylus, a shape that provides a smaller tracing radius than the Hyperelliptical (HE) stylus used on earlier Type V's.

"On a Micro-Ridge stylus a narrow ridge is formed along the tracing portion of the diamond stylus tip. This ridge, the only part of the stylus actually to touch the groove wall, has a playing radius of only 0.15 mil (thousandth of an inch), but its radius is 3 mils measured at right angles to the direction of stylus travel. While the new stylus has a tracing radius 25 percent smaller than that of the original Hyperelliptical design, its radius along the slope of the groove wall is fully twice as large. The result is a distribution of the rated 1-gram tracking force over a larger area and a concomitant reduction of groove-wall indentation by the stylus-and thus a reduction in record wear.

"Tracking ability (the ability of the stylus to stay in contact with the groove wall) during high-velocity excursions) is improved too. Shure's "total trackability index" (TTI) rating, which combines tracking ability with the relative indentation factor of the stylus, is its "figure of merit" for cartridge tracking. The MR version of the Type V has a substantially greater TTI rating than the HE version, which Shure had claimed to be the world's leading cartridge in that respect.

"As with our tests of the original V15 Type V, we find it difficult to avoid superlatives when discussing the new MR version. The two were very similar in almost all respects, although the MR had slightly flatter overall frequency response. Also, our attempts to measure tracking distortion, whether intermodulation or 10.8-kHz tone-burst distortion from the Shure TTR-102 and TTR-103 test records, were fruitless. The readings were so low, and so unrelated to recorded velocity levels, that we must conclude that they were the residual distortions of the test records or the test setup. Even a graph of the measurements would provide no further enlightenment.

"There was one real, and most impressive, difference between the two versions, however. The 300-Hz tones of the German Hi-Fi #2 test record, which could be played only up to the 70-micrometer level at 1 gram by the HE, were tracked without strain at the record's maximum level of 100 micrometers by the MR. When the force was reduced to 0.75 gram, the MR tracked 80 micrometers and the HE tracked the 60-micrometer level. At only 0.5 gram (well below the rated minimum for these cartridges), the MR tracked 60 micrometers, but the HE could track only up to about 40 micrometers.

"To put this into perspective: by our standards, a true hi-fi cartridge should be able to track at least the 60-micrometer level of the German Hi-Fi #2 record at its rated tracking force. We have found a number of cartridges that could barely meet this standard. Only a few of the best can track as high as 100 micrometers at their rated operating force. The Shure V15 Type V-MR, on the other hand, tracked 100 micrometers with such a total lack of strain that we have no doubt it could go considerably higher if suitable test records were available. And, while we can see no real advantage to operating this cartridge below its rated 1-gram force, at 0.5 gram it can outperform most high-quality cartridges operating at 1.5 to 2 grams! (The latter force level is at the danger point in terms of longterm record wear.)

"Most important, the V-MR sounds as good as it measures, with a notable lack of coloration and distortion. There are a few other cartridges that can do pretty much the same, but only on recordings whose peak levels are not excessive. The V15 Type V-MR, however, will perform superbly with any record we know of by virtue of a tracking ability that is (to our knowledge) unmatched in the industry. If you hear any distortion when using a V15 Type V-MR, the odds are very high that it is from the record, not the cartridge!"





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