Discontinuation of the V15VxMR cartridge and VN5xMR stylus

Originally posted in 2004, but updated two days ago? 8/18/17?

Discontinuation of the V15VxMR cartridge and VN5xMR stylus | Knowledge Base | Shure Americas

Updated August 18, 2017

November 2004 - Shure regretfully announces discontinuation of our V15VxMR phonograph cartridge due to scarcity of exotic materials essential in the manufacturing of the VN5xMR stylus. These materials are increasingly difficult to obtain, and any substitutions for those materials would compromise the performance standards expected of the V15VxMR.

As an example, Shure can no longer procure beryllium stylus shanks. The beryllium shank is a key performance component in the V15VxMR design. Any substitution for this stylus shank design will compromise the performance standards of the V15VxMR. Shure's sole supplier of V15VxMR beryllium shanks has discontinued production. Sadly, no other supplier has the manufacturing process to create a shank suitable for the V15VxMR

 

Is the question why was this updated two days ago? Or does it have to do with the discontinuation of the cartridge and stylus?

 

A bit old news, ehwhat?

Boy Shure could really cash in if they would resurrect the V15, even at double the old cost my guess is it would still sell very well. And sales of replacement stylus would be brisk, heck look at what SAS was/is charging.

 

Jico...

 

It's likely that someone working on their website ran some utility verifying each webpage, or just copied the page from one place to another in their system, and their system automatically added the "Updated" date. I see all of their old pages say they were "Updated" on August 11 or August 18 as shown here

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It's nothing. But it is misleading.