What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?

Shure V15 - the best cartridges of all time?

"Moving coil fans must be gritting their teeth at the audacious title that suggests the V15 might be the best cartridge series of all time.

Sure, there are more expensive cartridges, and moving coil fans are often steadfast in their views that moving magnet just will not cut it.

But the Shure V15, in terms of its popularity, affordability, cult status and brilliant (affordable) sound is right up there.

A related example might be calling the Technics SL-1200 one of the best turntables of all time – not the highest end turntable, by any means, but a solid piece of machinery that combines excellent sound with affordability."

I wonder what serious broadcasters use these days now that Shure have stopped cartridge production?

http://best-turntables.com/shure-v15-series-explained/

Dear @atmasphere ​@mikelavigne : I think that you that are an experienced gentleman are losting the overall R2 subject and seen not the forest but only one tree.

Look, when I posted on the Studer behavior I started my post saying :

"" There are several problems with R2R units.....""

Specs are only a " tree ", print-out, speed stability, quality of the magnetic tape, magnetic lost its characteristics over time and tapes could develops ( even from new. ) " drops ", it needs eq., adds noise to the signal and more important what’s recorded on the tape are not zeros and ones that are totally immunes to all those R2R drawbacks for analog signal along that studio digital recorder has different design oriented for digital.

In the other side and talking of that specs " tree " in those old times the Studer R2R mike owns were not designed for home use by audiophiles but to be used by recording studios and Studer was not the only R2R with the quality levels for that kind of job because were deep quality competition with true challenges for every R2R manufacture. So the specs Studer gaves to the recording studios were the best they achieved on those times to competes against other manufacturer machines. That was the overall context on that Studer issue.

Ralph, I appreciated that this time you posted with a good attitude and not trying to hit me and that’s why I give my answer.

Probably those mike’s Studer performs a little better but even that is not a today reference and cant compete in any room/system with what I posted: reference is the digital medium other than live MUSIC.

I gave evidences about as the D2D LP recordings against the same LP recorded in the same session trhough R2R: nigth and day difference and we have to remember the " today " MoFi controversy in his one step recordings.

Not even you can be against those kind of evidences and I know you are not.

Obviously that stupid audiophiles are around all the audio world.

Btw, look the Nakamichi 1000 ZXL review and its measured specs ( I still own the 700 ZXL, way similar quality performance. ), really nice for a vintage cassette tape deck:

http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/nakamichi-1000zxl-321.html

I would like to read the Studer Mike’s measurements.

R.

Dear @terry9  : " into Raul’s error.."

that was a stupid " statement " just to hit some one. Bad for you.

Do you know which was/is the main difference between Newton and you? No, it's not that , it's only common sense.

Enjoy your self.

R.

Dear @mglik  : " But the Lino seems like it may be something very special? "

That's for sure and especially because you already own that  Atlas SL but it will does a good job with your Grado too and at his asking price could be a " bargain " for its high quality level performance.

It could be a different experience for you due what you own today.

R.

@rauliruegas "that was a stupid " statement " just to hit some one"

Sorry, I forgot that you are the only one allowed to mention someone else’s error.