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Which Shure cartridge do you like the best?

kaplang

kaplang

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I have several Shure phono cartridges that I have collected over the years.

Which on do you like the best? :scratch2:
M91E
M75HE type II
M44C
M44E
M75E
M111HE
M70 EJ
V15 Type IV

Which one would you use on ELAC Miracord 770H TT?
 
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G'day all, well these days I have three types of Shure cartridges, a V15III, M91ED and three M97xE's. The secret to getting the best out of the M97xE is optimised resistive phono preamp loading which is easy to do with my DIY phono stages.

I use 62 k with my M97xE's with excellent sonic results. I also have a Jico SAS stylus for my M97xE (at 47 k). Sadly though, I've recently suffered a most disappointing inexlicable failure with the SAS stylus for my M91ED cartridge. Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
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With my present setup at home, the M 44 line sings well. And serves my needs well. I would love to find a M 7/M 21d cartridge to put in that transcription arm.
 
Beyond Catman's excellent recommendations for cart loading, which is directly related to matching the motor/generators into the phono stage, all of the listed cartridges _can_ work well for our LP applications.

The differentiator, IMHO, is the age and overall quality of the stylus assembly being used. That is, trackability (an old Shure marketing term, that!), separation, frequency response, and similar measures are more related to how the stylus movement is coupled into the motor/generator in the body.

Back in the 70s as a bench tech, I recall have many different cart bodies and stylii in various states of abuse/disassembly lying around. On the occasional times when I was caught up with repairs (rarely!), I would try different combinations of by clipping off plastic parts of the stylii so that different assemblies could be used across the whole Shure line. It was fun and, essentially, I learned that most of the stylii could drive the motor/generator to full output and they could, with some dinking, be used interchangably.

Shure, OTOH, wanted to differentiate its product line and did so by dividing their stylii formats into the product lineups we now know of to do so.

What I'm suggesting, here, is that while we have quite a few options these days and with the various Shure product lineups of the past, most all of them are and can be quite good in their right. Further, there are very few of us who have had the experience of all the Shure models across time. This coupled with the age of some of the stylii we're able to get these days will limit the ability to declare one, absolute-uber-winner.

Cheers,

David
 
I pretty much like all of them, but my all time favorites are the M95ed V-15 type3, M91ed and the M75ed type2. IMO you can't go wrong with any of Shure's offerings.

I find that the M75ed type2 works best on my Miracod 50H.
 
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dshoaf said:
Beyond Catman's excellent recommendations for cart

loading, which is directly related to matching the motor/generators

I hate to show ignorance here but would you explain Motor \ generators?



I learned that most of the stylii could drive the motor/generator to full output.

How did you determine that it was delivering full output?
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Thanks,

George
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I have realized that I am just starting to gather a little stable of Shures, with my

M3D
M97 (with an M75 generic elliptical on it)
M91E

I just acquired the last of the three, and am in the processes of deoxiting the pins, connectors and contacts in the Dual 1200-series cartholder it came on. If I can ferret out the last of the corrosion that is blocking a channel without removing it, then I'll give it some good testing on my 1229 TT soon.
 
V-15 IV with new Jico SAS stylus. It's mounted on a Micro Sekai DQ-43 that has a MA-707 arm.
 
I have a V15-II Improved, a V15-III, and a V15-V MR, each with its original stylus. I used to have a IV but sold it to a friend. I like them all, each one has a certain character different from the rest. They all track the most difficult records I have with ease. I probably like the overal sound of V MR the best out of the bunch.
 
I have the m97xE and the premier yellow (m95) in current use. I usually prefer the 95, although the 97 is very nice too. I've picked up an old m91 that I need to grab a stylus for. With all the talk about the 91 around here, I'm excited to give it a go.
 
I have only the M97xE.
Once I set the VTA properly on my TT, it sounds great.
Breakin? What breakin?

Someday, somebody will upgrade and put their Benz Glider up for sale at $400 and the M97 will assume B/U duty.

But until it does.......Felix was right!
This is the bestest/cheapest cartridge in the universe.
 
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