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The Shure M75E

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My first “HiFI” turntable I bought was a Dual 1019 and it came with an M44E cartridge. So, when it was time for a new stylus, I took the Dual headshell with the cartridge to Cal HiFi for a replacement stylus. It wasn’t quite like the used car salesman pitch but the conversation kind of went like this:
“You really should use a cartridge worthy of the 1019”
“Instead of the M44, get a cartridge that can track at 1 gram”
“1 gram tracking will save your records and sound better”
“For the cost of a replacement stylus plus a few dollars more, I can install an M75E on you Dual and you will definitely hear a difference”.

Just looking at the M75E, I knew it was a step up from the M44E. Instead of coming in a plastic pill bottle, the M75E came in a plastic jewelry box lined in red velvet. It already sounded better and I didn’t even play a record yet.

The M75E was advertised as “Second only to the V15 Type II”. The M75E was the first economy cartridge based on the V15 Type II platform. Looking similar to the V15 with the flip down stylus guard, the M75E came out a year after the V15 Type II in 1968, and a year earlier than the M91E. Using many of the features of the “SuperTrack” cartridge, the M75E was the first in the “High Trackability” series. The V15 Type II, M75E and M91 all shared the same internal electronics and the only difference was in the design of the stylus/cantilever. Improved versions of the M75E had reduced mass stylus assemblies with higher performance in tracking ability and frequency response.
From the specifications, the M75E was equivalent to the M92E; the M75E Type 2 equaled the M91E; and the M75ED Type 2 and its twin, the M91ED were just about equal to the tracking ability of the V15 Type II. M75-SERIES-SPECSX.jpg M75E-02X.jpg
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Yup that M75 is my workhorse cartridge. Seems to play well with any turntable and to tonearm I throw it on. Even though original stylus is hard / impossible to find there's a lot of good aftermarket stuff around.
Best thing: they're very common here in Sweden and sometimes can be found for almost nothing or just being thrown in to other deals.
Think I got three of them now.

One is atm rocking on my Garrard Zero 100.
 
Thank you for all the great info, Ear4audio!

The M75 is a fun cartridge! I have the EZClip model. I can fit styli on it from the M95, M91, M97, M75.

Below, I have a Kyowa M75 on it, F3F7E4A5-486C-4FF4-881F-8164EEF56D21.jpeg
and it’s dounds good. The N75ED nude is very nice on this cartridge.

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Shure certainly got their nickels worth of R&D out of that generator body as it was used in so many models, differing only in the stylus knob keying. Any of the two M75/M91 E-Z mount versions can take any of the stylii for all versions regardless of the knob keying.
 
ear4audio said:
My first “HiFI” turntable I bought was a Dual 1019 and it came with an M44E cartridge. So, when it was time for a new stylus, I took the Dual headshell with the cartridge to Cal HiFi for a replacement stylus. It wasn’t quite like the used car salesman pitch but the conversation kind of went like this:
“You really should use a cartridge worthy of the 1019”
“Instead of the M44, get a cartridge that can track at 1 gram”
“1 gram tracking will save your records and sound better”
“For the cost of a replacement stylus plus a few dollars more, I can install an M75E on you Dual and you will definitely hear a difference”.

Just looking at the M75E, I knew it was a step up from the M44E. Instead of coming in a plastic pill bottle, the M75E came in a plastic jewelry box lined in red velvet. It already sounded better and I didn’t even play a record yet.

The M75E was advertised as “Second only to the V15 Type II”. The M75E was the first economy cartridge based on the V15 Type II platform. Looking similar to the V15 with the flip down stylus guard, the M75E came out a year after the V15 Type II in 1968, and a year earlier than the M91E. Using many of the features of the “SuperTrack” cartridge, the M75E was the first in the “High Trackability” series. The V15 Type II, M75E and M91 all shared the same internal electronics and the only difference was in the design of the stylus/cantilever. Improved versions of the M75E had reduced mass stylus assemblies with higher performance in tracking ability and frequency response.
From the specifications, the M75E was equivalent to the M92E; the M75E Type 2 equaled the M91E; and the M75ED Type 2 and its twin, the M91ED were just about equal to the tracking ability of the V15 Type II. View attachment 1969928 View attachment 1969931
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Got one of these myself, and (easily) find it to be the best cart that I got. Channel separation is extremely wide open, and has a lot of volume, quite powerful output (compared to AT95E/EX, Shure M99, etc). The only downside that I seem to be experiencing is audible IGD, which quickly goes from being a faint background thing to extremely obvious when the cart is really close to center. Though I should probably point out, that I'm using JICO replacement .3x.7mil stylus - never had the opportunity to hear the genuine one. That being said, I'm actually considering to grab a cheap N 75B/75C conical (sold at the nearby local store, they're quite cheap actually) & give it a try to see if it would make things any better or not.
 
One of the mounted carts on my Thorens 160 is an M93E body with an N75ED-II stylus. I have the M75 body too, but it needs longer screws and the M93 was already aligned. Its a better stylus than the $14 generic N91ED nail that I was using previously. Much smaller cantilever too.
 
I have a Realistic branded M75ED T2. I rarely use it. It just sounds rather "blah" to me. Maybe it's just the stylus, which is a Jico made EVG. My M44 and my Pickering V15 both have Jico/EVG ellipticals and they sound lively and full in comparison.:dunno:
 
beat_truck said:
I have a Realistic branded M75ED T2. I rarely use it. It just sounds rather "blah" to me. Maybe it's just the stylus, which is a Jico made EVG. My M44 and my Pickering V15 both have Jico/EVG ellipticals and they sound lively and full in comparison.:dunno:
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You really need to try the Swiss nude N75ED or N91ED Stylus on that M75 cart! $35 won’t break the bank. 1.5 grams VTF. It’ll change your mind.
 
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Could be wrong about this, but I do believe that "Type 2" was nude, where the older, "Type 1" was bonded. Just like M91E & M91ED.
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A nude stylus was identified by the "ED" suffix so, M75ED, M91ED, M95ED, M97ED were all nude elliptical styli.
 
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Very timely thread for me. I just picked-up a "universal" M75-6S and was looking for a new stylus.
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ear4audio said:
A nude stylus was identified by the "ED" suffix so, M75ED, M91ED, M95ED, M97ED were all nude elliptical styli.
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True! What led me to believe otherwise was the fact that M91 (along with M92, M93) was clip-mounted, and it didn't have a plastic shroud where the "ED" one had.

On a totally random but somewhat related note, Shure caused quite a confusion by featuring two completely different cartridges under the name of M 92E... But obviously, I was referring to the older, flat-bottom one, which shares the same generator as M75/M91ED series.
 
My mistake, its actually an M75MG type 2. Pictured next to the EZ-Clip M93E that has the stolen N75 nail on it.

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So, would a N75ED stylus on the EZclip work with a median mass tonearm? Or would a N93ED be better? I gather it's lower compliance.
 
I'm running mine on a Thorens TD-160 with the stock arm. Its 16.5g effective, so medium mass. The N75 works fine for me.
 
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