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Up grade to a new turntable

Hello FriendsI wish to upgrade my turntable!!My music taste, is 70.s rock, blues, jazz rock, new wave, male vocals etc!!Here in Australia, there only a few turntables available!!, at my price, as I'm on a pension!!, I have mad a list!!1. Well Tempered Labs, reference, with a reference, arm, this is used in mint condition, that has been set up by the importer!! , but at a price $4,000!!, but with a Dynavector 20 xx high output, I'm using  low output, at the moment, on my "Once Analog" turntable!!, so I don't now how it would sound, would the higher output, sound harsh, on my phono stage, in MC, or should I switch to MM??
2.VPI prime scout, at around $5,000!!3. Kuzma Stabi, with basic arm, or if I have the money, a upgrade arm??4. Scu audio, premier, with same arm??Hoping someone can help me, with advice??Many ThanksDavid SpryAustralia
daveyonthecoast
lewm
13,764 posts
 
Who said VTA adjustment was unimportant or makes no significant difference?


Mijo, you’re thinking of SRA, not VTA, when you mentioned 92 degrees. I’m sure that was just a mental typo. Me, I never have even tried to visualize SRA. I just set VTA so the top of the headshell is parallel to the LP surface, listen, and then tweak VTA up or down from there looking for best tonal balance.
hshifi
572 posts
 
Hello,
Mijo.,
I recently helped a friend setup a VPI Prime with the unipivot. Pain in the @$$! But once I finished setting it up; it was the VTA was the real factor that made it sound incredible. Another friend who has the same table had it setup by a guy who does this for a living using state of the art gear said I nailed it. It was as good as he has heard. But, you are correct about the Ortifon LVB. I would have to go with a different phono stage for that. Maybe the 20/20 or the Duo. I will call Ron Sutherland about the Dynavector 10X5 Mk2. When I was demoing to the TZ Vibe for him he did not mention it would not work. At the time I was listening to a Rega P8 with the Ania pro cart. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I am not being sarcastic. I really do appreciate it. I was given a Linn Axis TT so I didn’t want to go crazy with the cart on this table. I think my endgame table is the VPI prime with or prime 21. I think I like the unipivot more than the Gimbal arm. 
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millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
He didn't just say it is overrated, he said it is detrimental. 
VTA on the fly is highly over rated and can be detrimental to the performance of the tonearm.

Fremer never said any such thing. There are various methods of implementing (designing, building) VTA on the fly. Some of them undoubtedly not so good as others. Poorly implemented anything is never good. But VTA in and of itself? Essential.

As hshifi just said:
it was the VTA was the real factor that made it sound incredible.

Indeed. 
middlemass
950 posts
 
Roy Gandy on VTA:



https://mackiefamily.unospace.net/documents/regaonvta.html
cleeds
6,271 posts
 
mijostyn
VTA on the fly is highly over rated and can be detrimental to the performance of the tonearm. On this subject I think Michael Fremer is correct.
C'mon, where did Fremer ever say that???@mijostyn, it increasingly looks like you just like to make stuff up.
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