Hi Hannes, This is exactly what I wanted to know. That is, the shank dimensions on the VxMR are larger than the former V15 shanks.
This is where the confusion lies in the conversion chart that was posted. It gives the VxMR as the replacement stylus for the type III, IV, and V-MR.
The chart is evidently wrong. I had often wondered if Shure's carelessness had led people to try to jam a large shank into the smaller V15 body.
I was interested as to whether the VxMR used the same basic body as the M97xE because Shure was probably trying to reduce the parts count for their entire cartridge line when they converted the VxMR to the larger shank size.
I have a V-MR and it definately has the smaller .090 shank as do the III and IV.
Also, the M97xE is probably a better solution to a VxMR than the SAS etc.
Thanks, Mark