Removing stylus from Shure V15 Type III

Did you see this. Looks like you could look at it and tell with a hand lens.

https://www.jico-stylus.com/nude/

Is the alphanumeric code, 192-VN35E, correct for what you ordered?  If so, ND may just stand for nude, and they may figure the code is sufficient as a specific further identifier.

@ghdprentice 

Thanks, that has been really helpful! 

Looks to me as if the NUDE styli are available in three variations: NUDE Conical, NUDE Elliptical, and NUDE Mono.  I am guessing the NUDE mono is for playing 78s and the other rwo have round and elliptical cross sections.  If so, they are quite different from the SAS shape, and are not what I ordered.

Emails will be going to Japan!

@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 ...