VPI JMW 9 wire problem


I just bought a used VPI Aries Scout with the JMW 9 tonearm.  It sounded great and everything was working fine until I decided I had to try and optimize antiskate.  Perhaps I misunderstood how that was supposed to work because when I rotated the plug to try to add more twist to the wire the wires seemed to slip in the connector and now I don't have my right channel and there is hum.

I'm afraid I may have pulled a wire loose inside the connector or even worse inside the tonearm and I can't find any information about whether this is something I can fix, or if I need to have somebody else to repair it, and who that somebody else might be.

Any suggestions?  I live near Seattle if there is anybody local that might help.

pinwa

Showing 1 response by blisshifi

You can also contact Steve Leung from VAS Audio. He is good friends with Harry Weisfeld and is just next door or so to VPI. He takes in JMW repairs and upgrades. If you are repairing, might as well ask him to repair with reference wire. It won’t cost much more and you’ll get a sonic upgrade out of it. 

If you need his contact information, PM me.