By the way, I sent in a question to Bes at Music Direct several months ago regarding the internal construction of the VTA tower on my Classic 3 Sig SE, w/ printed arm, received a message from him that he sent my question to VPI. Eight months later, no answer. ( Why he, a dealer, could not answer this is suspect?)
So I spent around $5K on a new TT, had one question. I went through channels. My dealer who went to the source. No answer. This, from a 40 year old company.
I can already hear from people who will say, I should have done this or that. NO! I did the right thing by going through the appropriate channels.
How much does one have to spend on a boutique audio product before they can get an answer to a basic question that, in all honesty, should have been laid out in the manual? Don't even get me started on the manual!