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VPI Scout

I picked up a Scout saturday.(my wife gave me the thumbs up) It has a Benz Micro Glider high output cart. Did I do good? The uni-pivot arm is really scary, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.
Am I set for a few years with the TT cart combo? Right now I am using the Creek MM phono stage, (which I feel is under rated) but I am planning on adding a phono stage to my BAT VK31SE. Any other advise from VPI owners?
I am excited about this purchase, but I can't talk to any of my freinds about it. They think I am already crazy for getting into this expensive hobby. They just don't understand my(our)obsession. At least my wife is accepting, her nickname is "the saint".
Jeff
jdodmead
wc65mustang
524 posts
 
Doc: Very tough to find a used SDS; most of them last only a few hours on Agon. Good luck and good listening.
busaganashi
32 posts
 
I love my Scout, JMW-9 and Dynavector 20X-Low. I can attest 100% to the posts about picking up a RCM. I clean mine with the groovemaster first and then Record Preservative followed by a spin on a 16.5. I rarely hear any surface noise....except ironically on my expensive brand new 200g Miles Davis Kind of Blue LP. :)
wc65mustang
524 posts
 
Anybody using the Gingko Cloud 10 isolation platform with their Scout? Just wondering. Gingko quotes HW's favorable comments in their ads.
FYI, there is also a very nice looking dust cover that matches the isolation platform.
chazzbo
1,007 posts
 
Mustabg
Also check out the Machiuna Dynamica for isolation components.
Chazzbo
wc65mustang
524 posts
 
Chazzbo: Thanks for your comments. I've seen the Machina Dynamica Promethean but haven't heard much about it. At full retail it's about $150 more than the Gingko Cloud 10. However, there is substantial discounting on the Gingko if you search a little; I haven't checked actual selling price of the Promethean.
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