SoundSmith Counter Intuitive for VPI tone arms

Yes the CI works very well.  No friction problem here.  Perhaps there was a user who didn't like the normally tight fit.

Even useful, though perhaps not as essential, f you get the dual pivot which I also recommend.

I have a Prime, with the dual pivot and the counterintuitive. Like the person mentioned above, the counterintuitive weight fits very tightly on my standard VPI counterweight (180g? - I’m not near the table right now). I took great pains to make sure that the scale was applied as flatly and evenly as I could, but sliding the weight fore-aft or rotating it is very difficult. I’m not talking snug - I’m talking so hard that it’s difficult to keep the counterweight from moving. Suggestions greatly appreciated!

"I’m not talking snug - I’m talking so hard that it’s difficult to keep the counterweight from moving."

Larryrs- maybe some careful,lite work with fine sandpaper will loosen up the fit of the CI.

Yes. That was referenced earlier and that may ultimately be what I do. Some sort of lubrication was also mentioned but the notion of a lubricant on an exposed surface near the stylus and record doesn’t seem optimal.  

The Counter Intuitive is a slight fix for VPI's dumb move to dropped counter weights on all the arms, after to original round ones on the first version of the JMW arm.

The first VPI arms had a better (independent of VTF, and more fine adjustment) azimuth ring that worked great. 

The latest VPI arms (fat boy) have gone back, to round counterweights and separate azimuth adjustment.