Remember, the first rule of Engineering is to watch your units. Well, we had a professor in college that said the first rule of Engineering is "You can't push a rope." But if your units are mixed you can get into trouble very quickly. Also note that a warped record will have a rotational frequency of 1.8 Hz. If the tonearm/cartridge natural resonance is down below 5 Hz, exciting things can happen when it tries to track over that warp.
SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations?
I am considering SOTA NOVA, used HR-X VPI and Technics 1200G TTs. I have an old SOTA STAR with vacuum, (and essentially a Jelco 750 arm-retipped Denon 103R) so I know its high quality and durability. Technics apparently has performance that far exceeds its $4000 price tag. For tonearms, I am down to Jelco 850M and old FR-64S. I am considering low compliance cartridges. For VPI, it would be JMW 12 or 3D. Changing the tonearms seems to be more of a hassle on VPI. What are your thoughts and recommendations?
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