Most demanding passages for a turntable & system

The Shure Era IV tonearm resonance test and the Telarc 1812 Overture.

My old SL1200 was fitted with a Shure V15 III cartridge. With the cartridge brush down I thought it could track the 1812. A close look at the cannon shot grooves showed the cartridge/arm skipped over the shot leaving a detour scratch.

With the brush up this combination literally flew off the LP during the resonance test as do most other arm and cartridges. My current Well Tempered / Benz Micro RubyZ can track my other unscratched copy of the 1812. In my limited experience the Well Tempered arm is the only arm that manages the Shure tonearm resonance test all the way through. There must be others.

Dear Vicdamone: Normally Shure cartridges can play the Shure recording tests. Are you saying that the V15 III did not?

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

The Shure V15III had no brush; the V15IV and V did. I could always play the Telarc cannons with Shure M95E and up, and all Audio Technica cart's. If you look on the back of the jacket, AT distributed the record, so it's not surprising their cart's can do it justice. My Denon servotracer arm on the 62L has always played the cannons with ANY cart. I've used, even their 301II, also MMs such as from Ortofon or Stanton, whereas I could never get these brands to track on non servotracer arms. I spent an hour or so with an audio dealer who carries Project and Music Hall TTs; none of the Sumiko cart's could play the cannons, but a Goldring 1022 GX played them flawlessly. The Rega Elyses or Exact cartridges also cannot usually play the cannons. One exception was on my previously owned Rega P5 which had an Exact cartridge but a different arm than on my currently owned RP6.[RB303] The RP6/ Exact cannot track the cannons.

Thanks Boofer, Type IV it was. It's been some time when I did those setups.

Yes, Rauliruegas the Shure mounted Technics SL1200 couldn't track the 1812. The Technics arm couldn't fully pass the Shure resonance test.

Vicdamone: thanks; No wonder you didn't recall the exact model Shure; I bought my original in 1976, and have an unused MR stylus [original] from Shure before they essentially abandoned replacement styli except on their lower end. That said, like Raul, I'm surprised your V15 IV couldn't track the cannons!