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VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D

I just installed mine and discovering my old records anew.  I thought I knew everything there was to know on the original pressing of Fleetwood Mac's Rumers......but no - there's more.  You immediately hear a more solid bass, but then the dynamics hit hard.  It sounds like my amp is on steroids.  More cleanliness, - everything is better.  Very highly recommended.
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moonglum
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I suspect what we may have witnessed in the video is an example of the "filmmaker's art". Just because Daniel Craig appears to jump off a bridge in 007 movie doesn't mean it is actually him doing the jumping! ;)
They may have inserted stock footage of a unipivot in action? People more familiar than I with the product range might be able to identify what's going on here more accurately?
moonglum
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To avoid this argument gaining further momentum, perhaps someone in authority at Mark Levinson or VPI would care to address the Forum and explain what the "offending" frames in the video represent, if only as an exercise in damage limitation? ;^)

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folkfreak
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Here's the link to the video in situ.
http://www.marklevinson.com/productdetail/~/product/no515.html

@moonglum may be correct as the video of the needle drop is of an Ortofon 2M Bronze (I think) whereas the 515 ships with (and is seen later in the video) with a Cadenza Bronze which looks quite different

all in all this is coming off like amateur hour by Mark Levinson and VPI
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rauliruegas
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Dear @folkfreak : It's obvious that the tonearm in that you tube video is an unipivot design or a gimball one with a severe extreme bearing damages.

The video is a " dramatization " that helps to understand what is happening in continuious way at microscopic stylus tip during play of any cartridge in any unipivot tonearm design and in little lower way in quai-unipivot ones.

Forces are so huge that gravity alone can't correct it.


Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
moonglum
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My guess is the artistic director decided on substituting with a unipivot because it looked less boring than a gimballed one ;^)


Is it possible though, Raul, that even gimballed arms aren’t entirely "torsionally stable"? The movements may be small but real due to a necessary amount of bearing "play". I remember, decades ago, Syrinx used offset bearings to try to improve this and resonance behaviour.

In fact I used to own a Syrinx PU2... ;^)

Not surprisingly the LF performance really was something to write home about :)

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