VPI Prime Upgrade

People change from their current turntable to a different manufacture all the time.  Sometimes you just want to try something different.  

I had a Prime and went the whole upgrade route, triple belts (very worthwhile), Road Runner for speed control (very worthwhile but out of production), second arm, there were other things. I had a lot of fun with it.  That TT got traded for an HW-40 Anniversary, which is a lot more money.  My other TT is a Technics SL1200 GAE, which is similar in price to the Prime.  I use it mostly for mono records and it is much easier to use than the Prime.  All of these TTs are fun and have plenty going for them.  Since you have a Prime, I encourage you to keep it, up grade it and have fun with it.  It will never wear out.  In another system in our summer home I have a VPI TT that I bought in 1986 that still looks and sounds like new,

I had a VPI super prime scout and traded it for a Rega Naia package. I bought the VPI for unipivot arm and VTA on the fly. However, since then learned that unipivots also move in undesirable axes, and after much fussing with VTA, I cannot hear a difference unless I compare it quickly with digital playing same track at same time and just switching pre-amp input. I can only hear the difference in the difference between digital and vinyl, but not any difference when adjusting VTA on vinyl alone. And that difference is TINY. So it is useless for most records as I only have vinyl and digital for some. So went for the top end of light design as opposed to going the heavy route for TT, and listen to music as opposed to fussing with gear.