So Long It's Been Good To Know Ya

The problem  with the comparison is they did not take a stand.  Except the guy purchased the Phoenix units.  That tells us he like something better about the phoenix stuff.

I do own both the Eagle and Road Runner and they are great units.  Very flexible and once adjusted where you want it ,automatic there after.

I have talked with Bill the owner and he is one sharp dude.  He does not try to do some marketing copy crap on you.  The price vs the features makes it a no brainer.   That being said it would be nice to see if you could hear the differences between the units, features and price aside.

Enjoy the ride
Tom

I was a VPI dealer for years and there are some things you can do to make them sound better. Replace the aluminum feet with brass ones. I put some small brass points under the motor to isolate it.I did some other things but I would start with these. I used Star Tech but there are other things available. Isolating the motor should be easy. If you don't hear any difference I will come over and lay hands on you and say Heal works on TV every time! I was serious in the first part.

Star Sound Tech. I was a dealer for some time until I got sick. Look at their web site. They have brass feet that will screw in when you unscrew the factory ones. I used several others including the small points. Not cheap but very well made and effective. Ask for the VPI feet if you order any. They have threaded ones for many applications. I am not connected with them in any way.

Interesting stanwal, I never tried using brass points on my SDS.
I wound up preferring the Walker Audio Motor Controller, which uses brass points and isolation/damping. Perhaps the SDS would have faired better had I tried using the brass points.

Here’s MY take.... I have a Superscoutmaster/rim drive, Classic platter, 3D arm. I found that spikes under the turntable made a very large difference for better. I put the motors however, on soft feet so that as the driving disc rotates, any out-of-roundness with the platter or the driving disc, is absorbed by the motor assembly. This is easily demonstrated by lightly touching the space between the motor assembly and turntable itself...I can feel the motor assembly moving back and forth. When I also put cones under the motors, there is more noise.  On another point....in MY system, cones, rods, marshmallows, upgraded power cord, etc., have any effect at all under my SDS.