VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D

@rauliruegas could you explain the problem you have with the video you posted and why this has any bearing to the merits of a unipivot design. As I see it the video shows the forces acting on a cartridge at needle drop, and speak more to a poorly damped lift/lower mechanism then anything else. Secondly the arm in the video is a gimballed design not a unipivot so the video has nothing to say about unipivot design. Anyway some more details on the issues you are trying to refer to would be helpful

That is creepy! I would have sworn that was a unipivot touching down. ;)

I agree that a cartridge must negotiate a very poor road to travel....in Arizona, some of the car roads are also very poor, yet my car suspension system compensates for that leaving a pleasant riding experience. My cartridge also has a suspension system.....I hear the music very well.

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?

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? ;^)