I e-mailed Shure after finding the note at The Needledoctor, here's their response in full:
"This cartridge will be discontinued, with no scheduled replacement."
Someone else over at Vinyl Asylum got the same exact message when they e-mailed Shure as well.
I'm currently running the Rega Exact on my P5 but have used, and still own, a V15VxMR and find it to be a wonderful cartridge.
You're right Eldartford - too many people have probably overlooked this cartridge in favor of another simply because it's got the Shure name on it.
It's just such a shame that an icon of this caliber that has existed in one form or another for, what, 4 decades (?) is going by the wayside....
"This cartridge will be discontinued, with no scheduled replacement."
Someone else over at Vinyl Asylum got the same exact message when they e-mailed Shure as well.
I'm currently running the Rega Exact on my P5 but have used, and still own, a V15VxMR and find it to be a wonderful cartridge.
You're right Eldartford - too many people have probably overlooked this cartridge in favor of another simply because it's got the Shure name on it.
It's just such a shame that an icon of this caliber that has existed in one form or another for, what, 4 decades (?) is going by the wayside....