Stylus for Shure V15 IV cartridge

dromunds
dromunds Posts: 10,009
edited January 2013 in Wanted (WTB) Classifieds
Looking for a Tico SAS, Saunders or VN45HE replacement stylus for a Shure V15 Type IV?
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  • jim 249
    jim 249 Posts: 347
    edited January 2013
    You mean Jico. I ordered mine direct from them. Link below. If you do an internet search for Ed Saunders, his website will come up. I have used both and they sound good to my ears.

    http://stylus.export-japan.com/index.php?cPath=18&sort=2a&page=10
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    edited January 2013
    Yeah, meant Jico, gotta double check my spelling. Was hoping that someone might have a used stylus.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    edited January 2013
    I noticed that you can get a new Jico-made replacement stylus (referred to as an Electro Voice but made by Jico as a replacement for the VN45E) that is an eliptical rather than a hypereliptical for about $47 on ebay from an outfit in Oklahoma called Carol's needles or something like that. Anybody have any thoughts on whether an eliptical stylus for a V15 Type IV would be noticeably inferior to a HE? Anybody have experience with this place in Okla? Since some idiot whose name I cannot mention but whose initials are dromunds broke the friggin stylus on the cart, but has yet to actually use this particular cart and therefore doesn't know if it is good, so he doesn't want to spend a wad on a new Jico SAS yet (which are now $149) Might be better off getting a whole other used cart, but I like the V15's and would like to try to give it a go if possible. In the alternative, anybody have a used cart with low hours that would be equivalent? Working on a TT and would like to get it up and running but lacking a cart for it now that someone had a spaz attack and broke the stylus....
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  • jim 249
    jim 249 Posts: 347
    edited January 2013
    I have tried a couple of those cheap stylus. You get what you pay for. They sounded bad.
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited January 2013
    The eliptical will not be as good as a hyper eliptical which is closer to the Jico SAS. The v15 is a very nice cart and worth finding a stylus for. I've bought a few things from The needle lady on ebay and have been as described.
    2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.

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