bpoletti

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Cartridge repair; re-tipping; canitlever replacement: The Needle Clinic A++
@jpjones3318 - Could you provide a little background and explanation of your experience? 
Butcher BLock Acoustics under turntable
@OP  Your VPI SP will fit on this maple butcher block.recently listed on AG....https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis94792-butcher-block-acoustics-24-x-18-x-3-maple-edge-grain-audio-platform-speaker-stands-mounts 
Dynavector retiped
@audiosensIf you feel the Dynavector is what you enjoy, then the opinions of others don't matter.  As raul stated, it's not likely that the cartridge can be converted from a "H" high output to a "L" low output without significant changes to the mo... 
Butcher BLock Acoustics under turntable
There is a pretty comprehensive thread discussing maple butcher block under a VPI table.  Very recent.  Might want to search for it.   
$1000-1500 range for phono preamp... what to buy?
Try to find a used Herron Audio VTPH-1.  You will NOT find anything close for less than $3000 used except a used Herron VTPH-2, if you can find one. 
Just curious if anyone knows..
Why did Audio Research do away with the SP-6b? 
Turntable setup in Chicagoland area
@ bpwalsh - shhhh...  Audiogon will want a piece of the "value exchange."  ;-) 
Turntable setup in Chicagoland area
I would trust Brian Walsh.  He has a long history and great reputation in the industry.  I have met him several times and he has good depth of knowledge.  I would not trust infectus005. 
Tube pre amp
How about a used Herron Audio VTSP-1?  VERY GOOD performer.  Doesn't sound tubey, just very clean. 
Help with counterweight on VPI JMW 3d tonearm
Glad this is resolved for you. 
Help with counterweight on VPI JMW 3d tonearm
It might be under the counterintuitive.  BTW, my early JMW-12 doesn't have a set screw.   
Help with counterweight on VPI JMW 3d tonearm
Agree with @stringreen and add that you might want to try a drop or two of a light oil and allow time for the oil to penetrate into the joint.  It might also be that the joint has seized over time and needs a little extra umph to break it loose.  ... 
Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap?
The Sumiko Analog Survival Kit used a thin tape to be wound tightly around an arm tube slightly overlapping the winds.  It was not heavy.The 3M foil damping tape is a heavy, foil-backed thin sorbothane-like material.  Heavy compared to the Sumiko ... 
Highest detail cartridges
@chakster 2048??  Yikes.  I hope I make it that long but doubt I would remember which way the table rotates by then, much less be able to see well enough or stop the shakes to cue an arm.   ;-)      
Highest detail cartridges
@viridian Thank you.  I think I have found a cartridge that is meet, or at least is very close, to my wants.  Getting close to completing breakin on a Clavis Da Capo that Soundsmith "rebuilt" with a Boron Cantilever and a Soundsmith line contact s...