Hi Tom,
Thanks for the good words. Most of the time I prefer Shure's sound vs AT sound from comparable carts.
I like SHURE carts a lot, but also have a couple of Empires that are just as good as the V-15's
RE Always wished that I had a TT to run that in ... w/o that silly adapter.
With six TTs you already have, ain't enough? Plus the Oracle project on your plate should keep you busy for a while?
And right now standing hurts and I'm just streaming while looking at the latest LP's that I haven't played yet.
RE "when my wife runs across used TT's, she alerts me."
WOW! So there's TWO of you watching for gear, nice. Wife alerts me to nothing audio, she thinks I've already got more than enough stuff hanging around. She did alert me last night to take out the garbage and the recycling bin though...
BUT, I still get the old "you only have 2 ears, why need so much" line .. .. I answer that it's (vintage audio) so much less than cars,boats,planes,mistresses ..etc.
that usually quiets her down ..cides,, I give her a bounty on good things she finds for me.
P.S. RE my cassette come back post: do you see or hear any feedback that there might be some revived interest from people in getting cassette decks or keeping theirs since still using it?
Most cassette decks are belt driven (much harder to change out than a belt TT) , tho my son's online vintage record account seems to have no problems selling tapes....