VPI HW-19 or VPI Traveler

Congrats and enjoy it. Very nice table. Make sure the bearing is well and freshly oiled, and properly so. Don’t use lithium grease as was in vogue at one time. Good old Mobil 1 sounded best to me and I tried just about everything. I found it to be very full bodied sounding and some might say “a little dark”; not me. Keep that in mind if tuning your system. Replacing the springs or Sorbo with upturned tall tiptoes tightened things up quite a bit and got rid of the slight “darkness“. Clean your belt and give it a light dusting of talc. I owned every version of the 19 and can tell you that the 19 with the thicker MK 4 platter is not behind my current TNT 6 very much at all. The SDS is great. Now that I spent your money...... But it sounds great as is.

Good listening.

Make sure it’s really a HW-19. Many HW-19 Jr’s were shipped with labels on the plinth that state HW-19. The Jr. is not nearly as good as a true HW-19. HW-19 has separate arm board and black acrylic/lead platter and much better bearing. Nice table which you can upgrade to MK 4 status and take it very close to TNT sound quality. Good luck.