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Inner groove distortion solved!

I started a discussion last Friday about my dissatisfaction with my VPI Prime Sig. with Soundsmith " The Voice" cart and received many kind responses. I untwisted the tonearm cable as you all told me and experimented with real anti-skating. Today I got a blank record and adjusted it so that the tonearm was stationary. Wow, great sound from start to finish! I don't see how VPI can advise their method. I just listened to Hans Theessink and Terry Evans record "Visions" on the Bluegroove label and it's unbelievable. I was familiar with Evans from his work with Ry Cooder since the 70's. I want to thank you all for the info, I tend to shy away from making adjustments to turntables because I thought I would leave it up to the pros. But you guys are truly the pros! Back to listening.
joeyfed55
joeyfed55 OP
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Yeah dentdog, Ive had that album since it came out! As a matter of fact it's going on the tt soon. Also waiting on delivery of Jederman Remixed- the soundtrack from discogs by Hans. Ry is on that too. Heard about it from JV at TAS. Ry is tops in my book, a real treasure! Be well.
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mijostyn
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Joey then you noticed in Peter's video that he and Frank Schroder recommend setting the anti skating so that the tone arm drifts in slowly between grooves in the run out section. I set my arms with the HI FI News test record and low an behold they both drifted in slowly between grooves in the run out section. So I have to conclude that without a test record this is a reasonable way to approach life. 
If you are a real Ry fan check out Captain Beefheart's Safe As Milk. Ry only lasted one album with the Captain who was notoriously difficult. He would be replaced by Bill Harkleroad aka Zoot Horn Rollo an extremely under rated guitarist.
joeyfed55 OP
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Hi mijostyn, how ironic I just got that test record today! The last band on side 1 is tough! I've been a fan of the Captain since the 70's. Got to see him 3 times, with Zappa on the Bongo Fury tour at the Trenton War Memorial, at the old Emerald City which was the Latin Casino in the 60's and at the ole Bijou theater in Philly where I live. The Bijou was the best, really intimate and he did the Shiny Beast Bat Chain Puller album. He finally  succumbed to MS, which my wife has, terrible disease. Respect.
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slaw
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I had been following this thread since it's inception.

Regarding my VPI Classic 3 tt. ...I knew that any more twisting of the the tonearm wire WAS too much. However, because of this thread/s I played around with the mechanical anti-skate provided to great effect. The sonics are:...greater bass low end/definition which always improves other areas.
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slaw
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Another nice/noticeable reception is the much more realism regarding vocals....it’s almost like vocals have a different timbre ...much more realistic! Midrange is MUCH more meaningful which has an effect of positively effecting all other aspects.
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