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摘要

To audiophiles of a certain age the name Shure will always be associated with pick-up cartridges, particularly its V15 series which through the late '60s-early '70s featured high on many wish lists, often in partnership with the iconic SME 3009 arm. When Shure introduced the original V15 the company was already 39 years old - it began in 1925 selling radio parts, then in 1932 introduced its first microphone. None of this brought Shure to the attention of audiophiles, but the company's move into manufacturing pick-up cartridges in 1958 and its championing of what it called 'trackability' made it probably the best known of all high quality cartridge makers until the hi-fi world turned upside down in the latter-1970s and high-compliance fixed coil cartridges, like the V15, were ousted in many audiophiles' affections by low-compliance MC alternatives. Shure began making earphones and then headphones just a decade ago.