VPI Traveller

The arm on the new Traveler table is completely different from any other VPI arm. All of the VPI arms to date have been unipivot designs. The Traveler arm is a gimballed bearing design. The cartridges that worked on the unipivots "might" not work as well on this design.

We will have to wait until the table is released and owners have a chance to try different carts on it. I'm sure it will work well with most cartridges, but you never know...

Another cartridge to add to the growing list of works well with VPI is the Sumiko Blackbird.

What about Ortofon black?

If you don't know the arm mass or any other details, let alone having tried the arm, it is hard to recommend cartridges. I haven't received any dealer info on it yet. If it is a medium mass arm the Black should work but that is a guess as opposed to experience. I would wait to find out more about the table; VPI tables are usually good buys used if you want to go that way. This is both good and bad for we VPI dealers; we have to compete with our own products but their reliability and continued desirability is good for us in the long run.

B-stock Scout,or used Scout seems like you would get more TT for the money,IMHO