Removing stylus from Shure V15 Type III

@lewm 

Thanks for your help.

The more I think about this, the more I am convinced that 192-VN35E refers to the shape of the cartridge body and should specifically match the Shure V15 type III, which for me is correct.

The added complexity comes because Jico uses different materials for the cantilever (eg boron, sapphire, ruby), different shapes for the diamond tip (eg conical, elliptical, Shibata and SAS) and different bonding technologies (nude, bonded) to attach the diamond to the cantilever.

The suffix SAS/B means Super Analog Series with a boron cantilever.  Super Analog Series is a shape similar to Micro Ridge - could even be the same.

I am convinced that the seller got confused and priced incorrectly.  Now to convince him!

Cheers

@lewm

@ghdprentice

I am convinced the Japanese vendor itsuwa-shop got confused about their Jico products. Their first response was "I checked with the supplier and they said it was correct ". I sent details gleaned from your posts plus screenshots. They wrote "Please open the return request". Nothing else!

Itsuwa-shop does have the correct part in stock. Its Jico list price is twice as much as the stylus they sent me. I will be pushing eBay to get the right stylus at the original price quoted, but don’t like my chances ...

I just got back to Canberra and made straight for my old Shure V15 cartridge.  The stylus slid out with a gentle pull just as you all said it would.  I have no idea why it would not do that earlier, but it there has been very low relative humidity lately.  Might be that or just my stupidity.

I do not have a Jico stylus to replace the original, though.  I did get my money back from Itsuwa-shop but they showed no remorse at trying to fob me off with a stylus worth half as much and claim not to have the correct stylus in stock.

buy direct from JICO, scroll down in their Shure Listings

https://www.jico-stylus.com/shure-2/

NOTE:

"There is no difference at all between the VN35 SAS/B [e007444] and the VN35HE SAS/B [e007446] versions. Technically speaking, they are identical.We just use the naming conventions of the originals to make them easier for customers to find."

here’s where I read that RUBY is actually a Ruby COLORED Sapphire

https://orbray.com/en/product/jewel/product/cantilever.html

And here’s Obray’s chart of cantilever properties

and, a discussion of boron, sapphire, ruby

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/sas-cantilevers-boron-vs-sapphire-vs-ruby.890004/