VPI bearing oil/grease?

I've been listening more, here's my thoughts...

These type of issues shouldn't be of much consequence until one has established their own "life-time" system. By this, I mean, taken on a whole, you're system meets all of your requirements, room volume/system output, component synergy, an established reference cartridge/system adjustments for this, ROOM ACOUSTICS.

If you're at the level of what oil to use in your tt bearing, all of these (and probably more) issues should have been addressed.

Here's what I'm hearing now...

After all of my grease/oil experiences, I'm loving the latest Motul 300v 5w40 in my non-inverted VPI bearing, using a custom outboard motor enclosure and #2 silk bead cord. When you take as a whole, the different spectrum of recordings out there and with current ones being more "forward/bright", you have to find a happy medium.

Right now, the Motul 5w40 is my happy medium. I hear, especially in the bass region, more detail. There is also a sense of warmth, that on the wide variety of recordings, I translate in to this being a "go to" oil for me.

I could certainly see that trying 5w30 may be worthwhile. Only you can decide for yourselves. Me, for now, I'm going to sit back and enjoy, finally!

Stringreen: Your known affermative action for VPI, is well known. Your lack of "knowledge on this issue" is well noted!!!

Slaw, thanks for the feedback on the Motul V300 oil. Pleased to see you are happy with the outcome. I have also used the Motul V300 to great effect in lubricating the TT motor. In the Final TT the motor is fairly large and has a spindle/thrustpad/oil pan/double bush arrangement. Changing to Motul in the TT motor gave a big improvement in lower noise floor and improved resolution as well.