Did I do a good thing or not?

I would love to know. You are really good at building suspense.

Please let us know how this turns out. I’m looking forward to it.

Thank you!

I hope you like it!

The Shure V-15 has one of the best tracking available; it may be vintage but it is a legendary device. Whether you like the Shore sound or not is another matter

Hey, at least it wasn't a flavor-of-the-month $3500 MC made from mandrake root.

With its coil inductance of around 400 microhenries it won't have the speed and snap on transients of lomc cartridges. I have one NIB and a spare Jico stylus. Arm choice is important! A Grace 707 with its straight lightweight arm tube would work well with the V15's high compliance - I have two! A Denon 309 arm would also be a good choice.