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Anyone try the replica B-60 Fidelity Research VTA?

My sammle moved not only up an down but also sidewards.
The reason as far as I can judge is the pin on the screw
which connect the inner and the outer collar. The inner collar
slides along this pin up and down but if there is
any play between this pin and the notch of the inner collar
the tonearm will move also sidewards. This means that the
'replica' is not as 'exact' as claimed by the producer.
I assume that this screw is better made by the orginal B-60 .
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I'm lucky enough to have both an original FR B60 and the Ikeda VTA-06. Yeah, they're basically the same level of quality and functionality. But the set-screws on the older B60 have gotten kind of gnarly - I don't have a hex key that really fits and grips them well - just very marginally. No such worries on the VTA-06. I can lock things down nice and tight. ALSO the VTA-06 has some lovely flat faces on its main barrel, rather than being completely smooth and round everywhere, which makes it far easier to tighten onto an arm-board.

So the VTA-06 is the one I use on my main 64S & Koetsu setup. 
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