Well Tempered Amadeus turntable, giant killer?

Haven't heard the VPI Classic, but I moved up from an LP 12 I had owned since 1988, fully updated, to a VPI Scout in 2007 or so... I found the Scout to be better in every way. Similarly, I upgraded to the Amadeus last year. It is just a great turntable, truly hits way above its pricepoint.

I had the Classic 1 and now have an Amadeus. Even though it is a nice table, there's nothing the Classic does better than the Amadeus when it comes to the sound. The only reason there would be to get a Classic over the Amadeus is if you want more of a "standard" design and don't mind the decrease in performance.

Has anyone listened to a VPI table w/WellTempered Arm on it.Perhaps it's the Arm that is giving the advantage to the Amadeus!?

While I've always thought the VPI arms were their weak link, I doubt a WTL arm would help. Conversely, it seems the strength of the Amadeus is the table and arm together. That's how Firebaugh worked on it, so it would make sense.

It is written on these pages that the VPI arm is not a good arm, yet it is put in the A category by Stereophile/Absolute Sound.