Jelco Easy VTA on the Fly

Couple of JVC junk tonearms?
I'm talking about the top of the line UA-7045 and 7082 in today's system, not in your system in 1981 

I'm not alone with the statement that 7045 is a great tonearm, you can look at the design of this arm first and then compare it to your adorable Jelco where even VTA on the fly is a problem as i can see. 

https://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/ua-7045.shtml
http://audio-heritage.jp/VICTOR/etc/ua-7082.html

You can also do that with Victor cartridges MM or MC or Victor turntables like the TT81 or coreless TT-101. Then you can think about JVC Victor or Victor Laboratory as the biggest manufacturer of High-End equipment in the world back in the days. Everything they made is oustanding when it comes to the top models. 

So i don't know what you mean by "junk" and what is your standard of quality - Jelco ? Jelco is a joke compared to Victor Laboratory. 

I had a UA-7045 that had bad bearings out of the box. Sent to back to Japan to be repaired, came back even worse.

The second model had wiring that kept getting caught at the pillar junction and would keep the arm from traveling properly. Gave up after that one.

I’ve owned dozens of Jelco, (or Jelco made) arms. Never a problem.

I know from reading your posts that you have a lot of experience and knowledge with analog. With all due respect, times that by about 100 and you have me.

Maybe someday we can meet and exchange notes...

Hi,this is my first post,just curious to know,have anyone of you guys purchased the Jelco EasyVTA and have you received it yet?

Hello 

After a long and difficult start (CNC manufacturing issues), we are now in full run and shipping all back orders (around 80 unist). Only 13 left to ship. The feedback has been excellent so far, we are very happy. In the meantime, we are already working on the "improved" Easy VTA for the Jelco and starting to design the Easy VTA for the Rega RB-250/300.

Regards

António 

You can see some already installed on customers tonearms. Here you can see the Easy VTA on two Dr. Feickert Turntable and one Sony PUA tonearm (shares the same 18mm shaft).

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