OK, you've certainly picked well on the money front, but I'm not sure
'audiophiles' would approve!!

No 1 = Shure V15 Mk V xMR = £325 current RRP

No 2 = Shure M95EDM = about £25-50 off eBay and about 30 years old.

No3 = Stanton 500 Mk II = £20 brand new or about £5-10 off eBay!! (A 'DJ'
cart!! ;-)


Ok I'm back by huge demand (well perhaps not!) having just listened to all 3
pieces via my Boston acoustics pc speakers and pc I would have rated the
same order... i.e 3,2,1 (as Jim rodgers would say) as the best in sound. The
Shure V15 in particular sounded hopefully woeful in the bass department and
some rather awfull ringing in the voices when via open mic. The Stanton I
can see it's 'DJ' interest in the taught punchy bass response.

Shame ya didn't hang on a wee while longer before telling.... but I made
sure I listened before reading to far into the post.

This says one of four things for me.

1) Shure make **** cartridges
2) Shure are a bad match for your deck
3) The Stanton is a stonking good buy
4) The Stanton may not fair so well up against *stiffer* competition

I don't know if I'd chossen any different had I known the price before hand.
Interesting!

Steve