Don Pearce wrote:


OK, I've used a V15 in the past on my SME 3009II arm, and I know it
is
a good cart, so I can only think that it is simply a really bad
match
to your arm. I can't think of any reason why two testers -
admittedly
I was the only unsighted one - put them in essentially the same
order,
with the V15 at the bottom.

Did Keith optimize the load capacitance? V15's are pretty sensitive
to this.

Other than that, my take would be that the V15 being more accurate
than the rest, did a better job of reproducing the audible distortion
that is inherent in vinyl.