Ordering this part will net you our BLISS brand name "VN15HE". It is a bonded true hyperelliptical tip. Now, Shure never actually made a VN15HE so this is a fantastic upgrade over the original VN15E. With the Bliss brand, you can be confident, as we are, that this will do your prized Shure V15/II series cartridge justice. BEWARE there are many cheap, low end needles out there for the Shure V15 type 2 but this true hyperelliptical tip is virtually impossible to find.
NOTE: Because this needle is designed for use specifically with SHURE cartridges, it can be found in numerous brands of turntables. In some cases the cartridges for this needle may be original equipment supplied with a new turntable, but was also likely to have been selected at time of sale to complete a turntable sold without a cartridge or later as an upgrade to the original cartridge supplied by the turntable manufacturer. This needle should be matched primarily to the SHURE cartridge type not necessarily the turntable. ASTATIC NEEDLES N660 N668 N946 FILDELITONE CARTRIDGES 30GE-549 30GE549 306P-999 306P999 306S-855 306S855 FIDELITONE NEEDLES A549 A550 RECOTON SP724D Replaces SHURE NEEDLES VN15E VN-15E VN15-HR-P etc. CAN BE USED IN SHURE CARTRIDGES V15-TYPE-II V15-TYPE-II-IMP V15-TYPE-II V15-TYPE-II-IMP V15-HR-P etc.