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The best way to identify is the size of the brass coloured stylus rear housing which slides into the body. The V15V and V15VMR had slightly larger rear housings, the replacement V15XMR? and I think the VST-V and current M97XE use thinner-section rear housings and a slightly different (less good) cartridge internals (a return to solid pole pieces I understand, where earlier V15's had laminated poles giving a flatter response - I think that's right. best to download as much info as you can. usually tracking at 1 or 1.2g with brush up and 1.5 - 1.7g with brush down...