"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message

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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message


FWIW I hope to put the first couple of HFN articles
(limits of cutting/replay and stats of peak velocities,
etc, from various LPs) onto audiomisc soon. And the 4th
article with the results comparing various carts with
my ancient Shure V15/III is due to appear in the mag in
a couple of weeks time.

How does the V15/III compare to modern carts?

ahem Well, you could buy the issue of HFN that will be
appearing on 30th May to find out the details... :-)
...although I'll be putting the article on the web after
the usual delay of about 6 months. As well as frequency
response, I also did THD versus frequency and signal
level, etc.

That said, the simple answer is - very well. The results
I got confirmed my personal preference, and the
measurements didn't show any of the modern examples being
superior. I wish Shure still made the V15/III and stylii
for it as they used to. [1] So if anyone is still using
one, I'd say keep with it unless change is necessary.

It seems to me that Shure did well with the original V15, but by the time
they got to the III, the rate of progress had slowed down a great deal. I
think the III was what graced my old TD 125/SME system, which I sold when
the CD took over.

Contrary to what some seem to believe, there really isn't a lot of room for
progress with the LP format, because its operational parameters are set by
basic physics and the properties of materials.