Pickering v15 Series 4 Mystery

Nope, Shure top model was a V15 , I assumed Stanton used V15 to ride of the known name on their low products which did sound good.

Norman, my two fave carts of all time were the XVS 3000 and the Empire RD-9 . Nobody not there in the day believes they were better than current
2-3 K carts but they were .

Just so Norman, I used to be able to buy them at 65$ a pop, when I first heard what the 3000 could do on massed strings I fell in love .
Don't you think the suspension might be a bit iffy by now?
Haven't see one for a loooong time in any event .

Another killer was Sonus which was just an ADC with better quality control, very fast !

I'm running the Nagoka MP-200 on Project Perspex, seems to be the sweet
spot available today for the acoustic music I listen to .
Really miss a Sony DD with 4-5 different Sumiko  headshells  but too old to fool with all that anymore .