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VPI Classic Setup By Brian Walsh

Hello Everyone, 

Just wanted to give a quick review of my experience with Brian's professional setup. In a nutshell highly recommended.  Thought I had my Classic setup pretty well as I spent at least 3 hours and I have to say it was fun.  My 1st setup by myself.  However, after thinking about how much is invested why not take it a step further and let a professional dial it in.  I have to admit I was amazed at the difference.  Once the tonearm hit the record an immediate improvement was heard.  The obvious difference was the overall balance and decay. Each instrument was noticeably more evident and overall clarity much improved.   I won't go into a lot of audio mumbo jumbo but bottom line Brian's tools and software are a no brainer. He provides each measurement such as azimuth, system resonance and crosstalk just to name a few via charts and graphs with his software. Afterwards the results are emailed.  In closure highly recommended and Brian will not leave until he is satisfied with the results.  

Sam
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slaw
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+1 @weisen,

A manufacturer should want to provide as much info as possible for ( their customer) to get maximum pleasure for their many dollars.

Then if the customer doesn't read it, it's on them.
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slaw
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FWIW, there's nothing in the owner's manual addressing the wire "loop".
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slaw
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You want to have the least amount of pull throughout the arm's travel.

I've owned an ET linear tracker for decades. It is probably even more sensitive to the forces the tonearms' wire can have. One learns how to dress the wire to lessen these forces.
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slaw
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I've read about "the Gary kink". Tried it and didn't work for me
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slaw
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@skyscraper,

Like a half circle with no kinks or bends in it.
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@baylinor,

I understand your post. What always gets me is owners of the VPI tables w/ uni-pivot arms mostly fail to dress the "loop" correctly, judging by their system pictures. Even in the dealer's pictures.
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