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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
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middlemass
948 posts
 
Roy Gandy on VTA:



https://mackiefamily.unospace.net/documents/regaonvta.html
cleeds
6,242 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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chakster
6,144 posts
 
Technics tonearm has VTA on the fly, Lustre tonearm has VTA on the fly, Ikeda tonearms with B60 has VTA on the fly, Reed 3p tonearm has VTA and azimuth on the fly. Those are my favorite tonearms. VTA on the fly is great feature when you swap cartridges. If you use one cartridge matched to specific tonearm then you don’t need VTA on the fly, but there must be VTA adjustment anyway, tonearms without any VTA adjustment like Rega are junk.
tomwh
150 posts
 
If you are going to adjust by ear ,then if  your listening sweet spot is going to be quite a ways from the turntable , what real value is vta on the fly.  Easy enough to do but wondering any real advantage???.  Maybe one less allen wrench?

Enjoy the ride
Tom
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clearthinker
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@tomwh    I guess sometime a turntable designer will implement VTA on the fly adjusted by an electric motor to raise and lower the arm pillar and a remote to operate it.  Then you can stay in your seat and tune it by ear.

On my Simon Yorke Aeroarm the pillar is raised by a knurled wheel acting on a rack and Simon could easily engineer a motorised adaptation.
But he would not do it as he enjoys the ritual of getting up and down from the seat and wants his customers to get the same buzz.
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