JICO SAS VN45HE vs Shure VN45HE

A comparison lf the Shure V115 Type IV cartridge fitted with a JICO SAS (Super Analog Stylus) sapphire stylus assembly vs. the V15 Type IV with the original Shure Hyper-elliptical stylus.
Note: There are a couple of errors in the comparison chart.
1. The Jico heading should read: Jico SAS/S VN45
2. The Jico cantilever should read: Sapphire Rod.
All other descriptions are correct.

[@mc240b]

The Shure VN45HE has sweetness and musical smoothness that JICO does not have.

[@bkatbamna]

They both sound wonderful. I'd be happy with either. The music is wonderful too Tchaikovsky Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty.

[@anatolygrishin4234]

my vote for Shure.

[@yirigavrilov5375]

Boron cantilever and sapphire stylus from JICO SAS. Aluminum cantilever and diamond stylus from Shure.

[@decalaj3404]

Stylus is diamond for Jico SAS, they don't make sapphire styluses but they make sapphire cantilevers, there is one SAS sapphire cantilever option, but the tip is diamond.

[@Trojan0304]

Got old V15-4 with no stylus, got from LP Gear a JiCo VN45HE SAS/B plays great on my Technics 1600mk2❤

[@ScottGrammer]

The Shure stylus sounds cleaner.

[@highmentalabilities]

The description says a sapphire JICO stylus was used while the video says a boron JICO stylus was used, might want to clarify and update that info.

[@jblackjack]

Boron cantilever

[@highmentalabilities]

@@jblackjack Thank you

[@balleclorin2804]

which recordding is this?

[@vinyltranslators3730]

Waltz from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Ballet

[@basilel1]

Jico too expensive for the sound delivered. High notch at treble. Shure definitively better. Such a pity they stopped manufacturing.

[@stevieg2755]

I had two jicos and hated the sibalence

[@andrewlim7751]

How do you find the 2?

[@zeus_mix]

fatal la musica para apreciar las prestaciones de una buena aguja....