In excellent condition, the genuine Shure Elliptical stylus has only been played for about 25 hours.

Description

The Shure M97 cartridge series was developed in answer to the need for a broad spectrum of cartridges for the variety of audiophiles seeking a high-performance cartridge with top-of-the-line features at a moderate price.

Every M97 is a genuine Shure Stereo Dynetic Cartridge and features the exclusive Shure Era IV Dynamic Stabilizer.

In addition, each model incorporates the new telescoped stylus shank design which provides lower effective tip mass without sacrificing strength.

The M97 series cartridges are available with five different stylus assemblies in two different tracking force ranges to match the budget and turntable of the audiophile.

As your system grows, you can upgrade your cartridge by purchasing the replacement stylus assembly from a different model in the series. In addition, a stylus for playing 78's is available for any M97 series stereo cartridge.

Audiophile Phono Cartridge

The M97xE is a superb smooth-sounding phonograph cartridge designed to provide long hours of undistorted listening, without fatiguing the ear. Its highly precise tracking ability and flat frequency response are made possible by Shure’s unique Type II low-mass thin-wall aluminum alloy stylus cantilever, combined with a precision-crafted, finely polished, elliptical diamond tip.

This cartridge is able to accurately reproduce very difficult musical passages, particularly in the high-frequency range, where audio modulations are the smallest and most concentrated, and stylus tip movement is consequently the most rapid.

Features

• Dynamic Stabilizer:  The Shure exclusive viscous-damped Dynamic Stabilizer maintains a uniform distance between the cartridge and the record under difficult playing conditions, even those caused by warped records or mismatched tonearm mass. When such stabilization is not required, the stabilizer brush can be locked up into its detent position, which, under ideal playing conditions, can provide even better sound quality.
• Side-Guard Stylus Protection System:  The innovative protection system helps to limit stylus damage if the cartridge accidentally slides across a record. This unique feature responds to side thrusts on the stylus by momentarily forcing the stylus cantilever and tip upward so that the cantilever does not bend sideways.

 

Specifications

Replacement Stylus: N97xE

Stabilizer Color: Blue

Stereo Output: 1 kHz at 5 cm/s peak recorded velocity 4.0 mV

Frequency Response: 20 to 22,000 Hz

Trackability (Peak Velocity) at 1.25 g tracking force

400 Hz	30 cm/s
1 kHz	44 cm/s
10 kHz	31 cm/s

Stylus Tip: Elliptical, Natural Diamond, Polished, radii = 5 x 18 µm

Cartridge Height: 15.6 mm

Net Weight: 6.6 g

Channel Balance: <2 dB

Channel Separation at 1 kHz: 25 dB

Optimum Load (including tone arm and amplifier input capacitance): 47 kΩ, 200 to 300picofarads-per-channel

DC Resistance: 1550 Ω

Inductance: 650mH

As this is a high compliance, light tracking cartridge, it is best suited to light weight tonearms such as the SME 3009 Series, Grace G707 etc

For a PDF of the original brochure and user manual click on this link
https://www.shure.com/en-US/docs/guide/M97XE