Scout Owners: How Much Cartridge?

Unless you've owned dozens of turntables and tonearms it's disingenuous for an amateur to deem VPI overachievers.

I owned a Scout and have taken a couple Scoutmasters in on trade. The build quality is average and the performance vis a vis their competition is also average, nothing more or less. My position on the tonearms is quite clear and I won't belabor that point again. Overachiever is hardly a term an experienced hobbyist/retailer would use.

Unless of course you owned or sold them.

Dealer disclaimer.

Has anyone tried Lyra cartridges on a standard VPI scout? The dorian is a rather light, but would it work on a VPI scout.

I had a Dorian on my Scout before I got the Dyna XX2MKII.
It sounded good to me, but I got bit by the upgrade bug, then got the Dyna here on the 'Gon. I think the Dynavector carts are a little better match for the VPI tables, Harry W. thinks so, and that's one of the reasons I went to the Dyna's, to see if he was right. I love the XX2MKII, but that's a lot of cartridge for the standard Scout. Better with the Signature arm. Maybe Mr. Feil can enlighten us as to what table in the Scout's price range is better-built, and sounds better. That would be quite useful to us newbies.

Dan

Nottingham, among a dozen others, would be a great choice.

Dynavectors match very well with VPI arms as you indicate Dan. The Scout I owned was equipped with a 20X(H) and it performed reasonably well but from a value standpoint below average IMO.

The Scoutmasters I took in on trade came with Benz and Clearaudio cartridges respectively. The Clearaudio was ok but the Benz Glider/JMW-9 combo was much too austere for my taste. I'm not a big Benz fan to begin with so that was no surprise. Much like VPI, I think there are much better values at every price point.

YMMV

your cartridge /arm/and table should sound just fine. you can always spend more.....its easy. getting more for that money is where things get tricky.