Alrighty, VAS re-wired the tonearm, done in one week. Steve and Ray are wonderful to know and work with. https://vasnyinc.com/ VAS also provided and installed a new VPI 4 pin mini-connector and RCA Junction Box, and a separate tonearm ground wire. https://www.vpiindustries.com/store/p254/Junction_Box.html Total, including the new junction box: $435. What wire? The one Steve uses for all tonearms he re-wires (I didn’t ask about customer specified wire). .............................................. Square Trade approved the repair cost and is mailing me a check. Thank goodness I bought a 3 year warranty for $110. when I bought the arm from Russia. I knew it was a risk. ............................................................. Luckily VAS is only 35 minutes from me, so I left it on the removable tonearm board, drove it to them, they worked without changing my VTA height .... Board right back in, re-align the cartridge, listen! They stopped by yesterday to have a listen and peek at my 3 systems and totally trashed garage with the inherited LPs. Hum was caused by insulation being worn off at the silk covered Litz wires at the point of exit from the gimbal and thru a sharp edged hole in the base. A design flaw, solved by VAS, and by newartvinyl on their new 5 pin din model. http://newartvinyl.ru/board/detali_proigryvatelja/tonarm_black_bird12_5_5pin/7-1-0-53 ........................................................... |
