Just ordered a vpi avenger

Like ANYTHING, people are gonna like what they like.

You have a cool table. Hopefully you're using phonostage  that's capable of supporting a decent cartridge to hear what it will do. With a table like that, you can't cheap out with a $1K phonostage & $500 cartridge.

As a managing partner of a law firm, I like to say that I just have opinions, I don't claim to be right. Thousands and thousands of audio enthusiasts have not just bought but enjoyed their VPI decks at all price points. Any given VPI deck can be made to sound great. They are definitely not junk. In many ways they offer high value. As stated before, it is a matter of preference. Here in the great midwest it has become extremely fashionable as a matter of superficial popular culture to drive a jacked up and modded Jeep Wrangler. They are clunky and full of small aggravating design flaws but they are durable and get the job done. People seem to dig them. Not my cup of tea and it irritates me that the tires protrude far outside the wheel wells and kick up rocks, but what can you do?

Wow, if I had been the dealer I would have been jumping through hoops to set it all up in your home and make it perfect. It’s one thing to get a competitive price but entirely another to get what you paid for. I've set up a ton of VPIs, from entry level up to the Titan.

Brian Walsh

I’m going to dealer and open box an assistance the technician with set up with my cartridge. This will be best for both