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Originally Posted by zx10guy
The rubber in the cartridge that helps suspend the needle are most likely dried out and stiff.
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That very much differs from cartridge to cartridge.
For instance I have a AT3600L stylus from the early 80's and a brand new one, and their compliance is only 1 or 2mm/N apart.
I don't have the Shure V15IV in the picture but I do have the V15III, and that suspension virtually doesn't get hard.
Not all suspensions get hard, a lot of them get softer.
If any, it gets softer, but it's hard to tell if it has as compliance data of that time is not that accurate. They're high compliance to begin with.
Rebuilding cartridges and stylii is pretty expensive, and usually is done at the same time as a retip. For a shure, it's usually cheaper to get a new quality stylus (originals are not available anymore), like a Jico SAS.