Arm Heighth on VPI Classic

Hiendmuse....I know, I know....Harry sets up his arms horizontal, and then listens by slightly raising the rear...but the arms are mainly horizontal. I have a 3D arm - I've been setting up arms for about 40 years, but just recently came across an article on Fremer's site ( Analogue Planet) that intrigued me. The VPI arm is soooo easy to raise/lower that I tried Fremer's suggestion, and to MY ears he is right. I suggest you read the article and try it for yourself...it might change your thinking about this issue too. If you do raise your arm, recheck all the parameters since it might shorten and lighten the arm. Experimentation... That's what makes this hobby worthwhile.

Durbin - thanks for catching the error. Should have been more careful, but my furnace went out that morning, my dog got hit by a car, and my wife ran away with my best friend. And if that wasn't enough, I'd just taken delivery of a couple 45rpm lps from Acoustic Sounds and I was concerned about making an adjustment for the thicker 200gram vinyl. In all my excitement, I wasn't watching my spelling. For what it's worth - these lps (Hugh Masekela's Hope and The Doors/The Doors) were my first ever 45rpms. They sound awesome!

Stringreen,

Funny, I have seen posts stating that the tail a bit down sounds best on the Classic. It seems to me there is simply no point in making general statements as to the position of the tonearm. But with a gun to my head, I'll take parallel.

I run my classic 1 with the tonearm slightly tail down as well. Only your ears can tell

The reason tail down became a popular way to set up an arm was that moving coil cartridges nearly always had a high frequency lift to them that tail down reduced. We all should use our ears to determine the setup of our rigs...but if you want to properly set up the arm Fremmer makes an excellent case for tail up. Newly designed high end moving coils don't exhibit that high frequency lift. I recommend reading Fremmers article, which is also validated by The Absolute Sound.