I am from Columbus OH. I need to mince my words. I wish you lots of luck. The guy that knew how to set up VPI decks quit. At 10K that would mean you got the unipivot arm. My advice to you is to 1) ignore the VPI set up manual. It sucks. 2) Don't bother with AS. 3) The VPI alignment gauge is actually pretty good. Use it. 4) Start out with a cartridge that has a Shibita stylus. Microline and the like are just too hard to optimize with a unipivot. 5) Don't mess around with VPI's silly-as-hell "dual pivot". I learned the hard way. 6) The VPI break out box is such a stupid piece of crap-it degrades the sound and invites RFI. Buy the best shielded cables you can-I like AP Silver Apex. 7) Expect to spend days dialing things in. 8) Invest in an accurate digital VTF gauge-I recommend Riverstone and last, after a while if you are frustrated, reach out to a set-up expert.