I want to try a different tonearm on my classic


Hello AGONers,

I have been thinking about trying a new tonearm on my classic 1. I beleive I want to try something outside the JMW line. Have any of you VPI users made an upgrade to your tonearm? If so, What make and model tonearm are you getting good results with? I currently have the JMW 10.5 arm with a soundsmith sussuro paua. This combination sound nice and I have been happy with it thus far. I am just curious to see if I cant squeeze more performance out of this cartridge with a different tonearm. Do you guys have any suggestions or should I just stay with the JMW.....

Thanks
Andy
andyprice44
Probably the easiest change would be a Rega arm, probably the RB1000 or RB700. The JMW arms were designed to be drop in replacements for Rega arms, so I would imagine that would work the other way too. It's something I've considered too, as it would move you from a unipivot to a gimbal bearing tonearm.

Of course this would probably be a lateral move in the long run, as it may make some improvements while also offering it's own limitations or problems.
Different technology = different positive and negative attributes.

At least that's what I think, which is why I haven't made any actions on my thoughts.

Now if you want to go outside the box, and look at a Tri-Planar or Graham, I think you'd need to modify your VPI table to fit the new arm. That's too much effort for me.
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thanks for the thoughts jmcgrogan and elizabeth. After some furthur research, I have decided it would be too much effort to modifiy my table to accept another arm. I might just continue to save my dollars for a new table at a later date.