An arm to live with for years to come

like albert, i've owned and used this tt, too. maybe a decade ago, or more. best combination i tried was the (long-out-of-producttion) grado arm with the highest-end grado cartridge then available. weird lookin' but on the path towards nirvana.

i would avoid the SME arms (which i've also owned), because of thier bloated bass. but, as always, YMMV.

-cfb

The SMEV is not an ideal match for your table. The bass is not accurate or wasnt in my set up. I switched to a Graham with very good results. The Naim aro would also work well, much better than its plain construction would suggest and that would be my choice.

I'd go with the JMW 10 or 10.5 but with the caveat that they don't handle edge warps with much grace, at least with the Grados (I have a Reference too, the original version).Then I'd ditch the clamp in favor of a Ringmat. This ridiculous-looking thing (which isn't supposed to work well with VPI TTs) really did wonders for my early model TNT. At least see if you can borrow one and try it.

The Walker unit undoubtedly bests the earlier model VPI motor controllers, but I would question whether it beats the SDS, which is the best favor I ever did for my TNT.