I had an old Shure Type IV, the elders recognize. The latter having made his parcour with honor, he had to find him a successor to rediscover my vinyl oubliépour I was listening to the CD, progress requires. With a budget restreins I hesitated between Ortophon Blue (famous for a beautiful listening) and Shure DSH M97XE (known to be good in all areas) The decision was taken for the SHURE on the price criterion, finding it on Amazon at a price gun. Very satisfied, I find the sound of my old cell with more definition, silky treble, bass degreased, dynamic, currently are no ear fatigue. Account must be taken of my hifi system that in time changed dramatically upwards (tube preamp connected on a QUAD 405 reconditioné independent prépréampli) In summary very satisfied with my purchase that gives me moments of enjoyable plays, but I admit that I liked to compare my system against the Ortophon the shure.