Just ordered a vpi avenger

I am glad to hear you got the gimbaled fatboy. 
During the six years that I owned various VPI turntables, I figured that the VPI detractors on this Board were just internet trolls and gutter-snipes. 
Well, wisdom has resulted in a different view. VPI tables appeal to the eye in magazines and on websites but once you see it in person, you see an assemblage of clunk. They are crudely manufactured and crudely engineered. 
There are so many TT's at $10,000 that are better designed and put together. The Palmer 2.5i is one example (granted with a great arm it is 14K), the EAT Forte S is another superior deck, and the SME 15A (yes, 4K more) is yet another deck that would blow the Avenger away in terms of engineering sophistication and long-term pride of ownership and musical pleasure. 
I apologize for taking a pee on your parade. Do you think I am just making crap up? Ask a mechanical engineer to look at the designs. The VPI inverted platter bearing is not nearly as smooth and durable as the designs incorporated into the decks mentioned above. I bet you will notice it yourself. You get a huge slab of nicely machined aluminum that you slide onto a crudely designed steel post with a ball bearing worthy of a high school shop student. The motors are off the shelf and not particularly durable. And on top of that, the new line of gimbaled arms, while superior to the unipivots, are once again the result of a new launch to market-whereas the best tonearms are the result of many years of careful development and engineering expertise that VPI lacks. 

@fsonicsmith, well so much for mincing your words, you even had a few days to mull it over and decided to do it any way, says a lot about ya doesn't it. Enjoy the music. And to the OP, enjoy that beautiful table.

Hey OP, just thought about this. If you bought the table with the 12 inch arm there is a Mint Best tracker alignment gauge for sale on the other sales site for $40.00. Just sayin. Enjoy the music

I minced my words about the retailer. I held true to that. 
Regarding VPI, I have said much the same in this forum previously. 
Mat is one hell of a nice guy. Harry is one hell of a businessman and an innovator of great intellect and I mean that sincerely. 
Harry's very public war with Phoenix Engineering's Bill Carlin, on the other hand, speaks volumes and alleviates any feelings of remorse/guilt I might otherwise have for being a turncoat on VPI. I spoke my true and honest opinions about VPI turntables. At the $1500 to $2500 price point they offered and continue to offer some great value for being substantially built compared to a similarly priced Pro-ject or Rega though I still feel that VPI's version of the unipivot limits the ultimate performance substantially. 
I have no doubt that the HW40 design competes with the very best in terms of motor drives but I would still not use even the gimballed "Fatboy" on it. But then there are all the products in the range between the basic Scout and the HW40 and that is where I think VPI is most unfortunate and where the consumers have been duped. 
If you go the VPI website, you will see that the "Reference Turntables" category of products is no longer active. This blurb speaks volumes about how VPI operates-things being forgotten and found and "kerplunked" into a new limited production product https://houstonaudiostore.com/shop/turntables-record-players/turntables-record-players-turntables/vp...

@scooter0005,

VPI has a good forum -  vpiforum.com • Index page and there are people there with a lot experience with all their tables and some of them have as much knowledge as the company.  If you have any issues with setting up your table - post your questions there and you will get some good support.  I have read where members who were close went to the person's home to assist with setup.  Otherwise you bought a good table from a company that's in it for the long haul, and while some parts such as the motor are not current state-of-the-art - its 'only' a permanent magnet (PM) AC synchronous motor they are made in the USA and have been for many years.  VPI is working on some new designs - which are the software heavy DC 3-phase PM motors and when they issue (COVID slowing many things) they will likely be backward compatible.