clearaudio turntables vs vpi

If I had your budget, I would look at the Jean Nantais Reference Lenco Mk3 or Garrard 501.

Thanks Hiendmuse....was wondering if its worth replacing my Superscout Rim Drive, Classic platter, 3D arm with the mag drive. I understand it will be about 6000 dollars... The rim drive has better "flow" than the belt tables..even the Classic...just wondering.

I listened to the VPI prime the other day. Not sure what was wrong but we had Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions on and their was all kinds of woofer rumble. Woofer pumping uncontrollably, sounded like Star Wars in surround was on in an adjacent room. Not sure if it was a cartridge combatibilty issue, think it was a Lyra. Maybe they had the sub up too loud. They had the system on a HRS stand. Beautiful system, but something was wrong. The Prime an Lyra tracked well, but I did not like the sub pumping like that. I thought my modest scout sounded pretty good in comparison no woofer pumping here at home. That turned me off for considering the Prime. Any thoughts on what could cause this?

11-02-15: Tzh21y

I listened to the VPI prime the other day. Not sure what was wrong but we had Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions on and their was all kinds of woofer rumble. Woofer pumping uncontrollably, sounded like Star Wars in surround was on in an adjacent room.

Any thoughts on what could cause this?

Tzh21y
that album was recorded in a Toronto Church with one microphone. There is a huge amount of ambient info captured.
Much of this info is below 20 hz. if not using a rumble filter, this will excite the woofer.
This is one reason if everything else is ok.
Are you using a rumble filter on your system ?

if you go to a speaker repair shop where they recone drivers and do repairs.
Ask the guy to hook up a woofer to a signal generator. The woofer will start shaking violently below 20 hz.

Hiendmuse, what else did you hear at Harry's? I'll be going up to see him this Friday.