Shure V15 Type V Series

[@analoglooney]

I would like to thank-you for the extraordinary effort you put into this channel. It must take a lot of time and effort, let alone the expense of owning all these cartridges. It gives us all an unparalled insight into all these gems, old and new, without any personal bias and some great snap shots of the styli themselves. Bravo! 🙂

[@vinyltranslators3730]

Thank you so much! Your comments are much appreciated.

[@analoglooney]

All three are excellent and still better than any of the modern crop. I still can't believe that Shure abandoned phono cartridges after spending decades perfecting them. Insane.

[@darthwarren4599]

We need to get something going to let shure know we want more from them

[@darthwarren4599]

Where do u get nos vintage styli for the cartridges. I want a nos micro ridge for my v15 type 4 but I don’t want to spend 500

[@vinyltranslators3730]

All the cartridges we show came with the original stylus. We haven't seen any OEM styli available.

[@1mctous]

The Type V's final version does sound warmer but less transparent than the middle version with the same stylus. Both MRs retrieve more detail than the hyper-elliptical version.

[@theonl1128]

You're so right! 👌

[@roward48]

Very interesting. The spec sheet says the Xmr has laminated coils, but I've always read that it didn't because Shure was economizing on that cart.

[@vinyltranslators3730]

All specifications are verified from manufacturer's manuals and press releases. Our researcher verified the use of laminated pole cores from a discussion thread by Shure and a customer asking about laminated poles. Shure claims all V15 models from Type III through Type V use laminated cores. However, they did say the M97XE which has a body style similar to the Type V has standard solid pole cores (which may account for the confusion). The technology that produces the "warm" and "musical" sound of the xMR is the same that is used in Shure microphones to give vocals a warm tone: shorting rings are placed within the coils that emphasize/de-emphasize certain frequencies.

[@Trojan0304]

Was put on my Pioneer 518 when I bought it so long ago,lol

[@bkatbamna]

To me the type V MR(the middle one) sounded the best.

[@bobkoelewyn3843]

What turntable was used?

[@vinyltranslators3730]

The turntable is a Yamaha PF-800. (1984). 40 years old, all original parts except for the belt.

[@bobkoelewyn3843]

@vinyltranslators3730 that is a beauty! It's always a good thing to show the TT used for us audiophiles. I want to try my V15 Type V one day on my JVC QL-Y55F, I think that could be a good match!

[@berndweber2667]

The v-mr micro ridge version from 1983 has the best resolution and the lowest distortion of all, the red v-xmr version sounds hollow.

[@analoglooney]

I thought that too. 👍

[@igorb2908]

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