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Any experience with Shure GT-1500 cart?

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Nwjava

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Just picked up a Shure NOS GT-1500 cartridge online and was wondering if anyone had experience with it. I've been looking for a stylus for a Shure SPS PRO-9 and the 1500 sounded like it might be a good replacement cart. Also they both have N-16 stylus which should also fit the PRO-9. I can't seem to find any info on the GT-1500. I found a few n-16's but they were priced a bit too high for me.
 
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Ok, well now I've actually got some info on this cart. Just got it in the mail today. It seems as though the GT-1500 and Pro-9 both use the exact same stylus, the n-16 with stabilizer. I'm gonna post some pics tomorrow. As far as any actual differences between the 2 carts I'm not sure there are any. Could one just be a newer version? Or was each specific to different retail outlets?
 
Good day! I'm just now reading your post, one year later. Back in the 80's and 90's I had an AV store. The Shure GT-1500 is a "derivative" model. In that time-period is was common for manufacturers to offer parallel products, through distributors, to independent dealers. These dealers could then offer "exclusive"products not available from large national chains, and avoid direct model/price comparison. At this time, I do not recall the standard Shure model that it was derived from.
I came across your post when doing a search for the GT-1500 cartridge, as I still have one on my turntable, and it still performs at a very high level, despite its age. I even have the original box with accessories, as well as the owner's manual with specs, which I have scanned and attached.
 

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cycle said:
Good day! I'm just now reading your post, one year later. Back in the 80's and 90's I had an AV store. The Shure GT-1500 is a "derivative" model. In that time-period is was common for manufacturers to offer parallel products, through distributors, to independent dealers. These dealers could then offer "exclusive"products not available from large national chains, and avoid direct model/price comparison. At this time, I do not recall the standard Shure model that it was derived from.
I came across your post when doing a search for the GT-1500 cartridge, as I still have one on my turntable, and it still performs at a very high level, despite its age. I even have the original box with accessories, as well as the owner's manual with specs, which I have scanned and attached.
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That’s also s o merchants could say “we’ll beat any price”, but nobody else in the area offered that exact item.
 
cycle said:
Good day! I'm just now reading your post, one year later. Back in the 80's and 90's I had an AV store. The Shure GT-1500 is a "derivative" model. In that time-period is was common for manufacturers to offer parallel products, through distributors, to independent dealers. These dealers could then offer "exclusive"products not available from large national chains, and avoid direct model/price comparison. At this time, I do not recall the standard Shure model that it was derived from.
I came across your post when doing a search for the GT-1500 cartridge, as I still have one on my turntable, and it still performs at a very high level, despite its age. I even have the original box with accessories, as well as the owner's manual with specs, which I have scanned and attached.
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w1jim said:
That’s also s o merchants could say “we’ll beat any price”, but nobody else in the area offered that exact item.
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Exactly ... I stated that: "These dealers could then offer "exclusive"products not available from large national chains, and avoid direct model/price comparison."
 
It won't help the OP but might be useful: the GT-1500, LORAN, PRO-9, SAI, SB80H, TM5E, TM7E, USA-1, 111HT, and 965 as well as the Tracer TXE-SR (and undoubtedly others), are all clones, or near-enough-as-makes-no-difference, of the M97HE, but with big differences in cosmetics (mounting cap, stylus grip) to make it look like something completely different.

cycle: Thanks for the pdf of the user guide!
 
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wualta said:
It won't help the OP but might be useful: the GT-1500, LORAN, PRO-9, SAI, SB80H, TM5E, TM7E, USA-1, 111HT, and 965 as well as the Tracer TXE-SR (and probably others), are all clones, or near-enough-to-make-no-difference, of the M97HE.

cycle: Thanks for the pdf of the user guide!
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Can never have too much knowledge. Thanks for the info.
 
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