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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong, Computing Services)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: phono cartridge question
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 00:15:27 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 00:15:27 1984
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As far as it went, the V15 III was a good cartridge for its day.  If you want
to stay with the Type III, you should consider getting the HE stylus for it.
The improvement in sound is not THAT great, but it will save on record
wear and track the high frequencies better.  Unfortunately, your records
may have suffered some damage in that area because of the conical (Type B)
stylus.  As far as a new cartridge is concerned, if you have a reasonable
quality turntable and phono equalizer stage, I am of the personal opinion
that you would be better off to overspend than underspend on a phono cartridge.
You may want to consider the V15 Type V if you like Shure cartridges.  There
is always the F9 Ruby.  Other than that, my personal favorites are low output
moving coil cartridges which require a step-up device.  This can easily double
the cost of the upgrade.

Herb...

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