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What direction is VPI headed?

First let me state that I own a VPI Prime w/perifial ring, SDS, and a couple extra arm wands so I have invested some $ overall, this being my third VPI table, with that said I am a happy VPI customer but here recently have taken a few notes on their constantly coming up with the next iteration of what ever is moving well and I do believe the Prime is one of those. When they came out with the Prime Signature it was hard not to sell and replace with it but I didn't now the Prime Signature Rosewood is gorgeous but at $6,800.00, now when you get to that cost level I started looking used and have seen the prices dropping ridiculously low on a couple of HRX setups with all the extras for  a lot less than that and they still aren't moving. I know there are those that speak of VPIs marketing from time to time but what is going on.
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@jollytinker ,"I don't expect too much hand holding".

What? What did I just read? A VPI owner that is willing to spend thousands of $, (let me repeat) thousands of $ on a TT and somehow when they learn their StP distance is off, or when they just found out their newly bought TT has just been discontinued, they are still willing to give this American  company a break! Give me a Break!

@jollytinker , Would you give any other TT manufacturer a break if you just bought their TT and learned that your $250.00 cartridge alignment tool showed a 2 mm discrepancy? Or at the least, the manufacturer and the press never once released this MAJOR issue? Look at what Bill Stevenson just described as a VPI customer. He had the same issue. He was offered a remedy. I wasn't. Were you? I've been a VPI customer for over 30 years. I'm now ashamed to admit this. Sadly I now feel, I should have known better.

I don't want "super simplicity" I do want a product that after I get it home, I don't have MAJOR questions about. Or, Any questions about, do you?





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slaw,

Bringing Matt's expressed grief over the death of his mother into your rant is way out of bounds.

Dave
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"At the end of 2011 when my mom died"  by @turntablemat...

@dlcockrum , Thanks for responding to a non-issue.

Frankly, I’m surprised Mat never mentions his brother? I can only assume that more people will be persuaded by the "mother story".

(1) My post was not a "rant". My post was a post.
(2) "Mat’s expressed grief". You do know that this issue is almost a decade old? The fact that (Mat brought it up), is of concern!!!, in that he’s succeeding in VPI’s effort in trapping those of your ilk into buying/supporting the very company that continues to trade on the good intentions on the audiophiles reading this post. ..Mat.. Job well done!
(3) In fact, I just responded to ((Mat’s mentioning)) of his mother’s death. I continue to wonder why, almost a decade later, Mat wants to continue to make us all aware of this? I guess so that @dlcockrum and the like will try to conflate my posts
(4) You, my friend, DID bring it up in a way as to make it a point of concern to us all. Why did you do this?

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