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| Offset Angle on VPI Classic Tonearm I'll mention a couple of other things, even though I am sure you are already doing them. I find the 3x much easier to use for viewing the cantilever than the 10x. Too much distortion at the outside of the lens for the 10x for the cantilever. I kee... | |
| Offset Angle on VPI Classic Tonearm ActusreusI suggest ensuring that you have zero azimuth when you are aligning the cantilever with the MINTLP. If you have azimuth other than zero, either cartridge tilted to the inner or outer groove, you might be twisting the cartridge to compens... | |
| Offset Angle on VPI Classic Tonearm "Twist" are we are talking about aligning the cartridge body with the headshell front face? which is also offset from the tonearm? In my case Classic 3 both of my cartridges align pretty close to the headshell face as viewed from the front. So I h... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE There was a question brought up about the Effective Mass of the VPI tonearm. I did receive information directly from VPI that the effective mass of the Classic 3 tonearm is 11.1 grams. That arm is called the JMW-Classic 3 damped stainless steel to... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE Great news I am glad it is 258mm, yes the height makes a big difference. The spindle to pivot distance should be measured on the same horizontal plane. As another point, after you dial in your VTA, realign with the MINT, otherwise your stylus will... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE One more point about MINTLP and classic spindle. The spindle gets a little fatter as it meets the platter the last half mm or so. That is why my MINTLP never was flush on the platter, also why it seems thicker than it really is. What I did was cou... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE On the VTA question I convinced myself that the MINT protractor is the thickness of a standard record. Therefore with your VTA set and alignment to the MINT your standard records will be "on the arc". Based on my measurements you need 50 units on ... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE I've convinced myself that the MINTLP uses IEC standard Lofgren A (Baerwald), which at 258mm results in 15.025mm. The Lofgren B IEC standard comes out to 15.422mm which might be the difference between the MINT and the VPI jig. It looks pretty clos... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE The VPI jig wants more overhang. Using the calculator:MINTLP uses Lofgren A (Baerwald) the overhang is 15.025mm. Maybe the VPI jig is using Lofgren B the overhang is 15.422mmLöfgren B - minimizes distortion between the inner and outer grooves resu... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE Interesting, I optimize my VTA the realign with the MINTLP. For my cartridge I have 9 turns on the VTA tower. I then realign with the MINTLP with the 9 turns on the VTA tower, that ensures I am right on with the arc protractor at my optimal VTA. I... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE Actusreus,I suggest the absolute best way to be sure is to measure yours, that is what I did. Ensure that you account for height, you want the pivot and spindle to be at the same height as much as possible. I measured from the center of the spindl... | |
| VPI Classic motor question Actusreus,I took the pulley, brass collar off the motor, and cleaned everything up, after a year there was a little bit of dirt mixed in around the stationary area and on the collar. This is the primary advantage of dis-assembly versus using the ... | |
| Mint Protractor for the Classic Toneram 10.5i-SE Yes agreed mine is 258mm as well Classic 3. There is a caveat, if you completely remove the tonearm base, there is a bit of play with the 3 screws and the Plinth, you could move it one way or the other by 1mm or so. I think that is where the 1mm c... | |
| VPI Classic motor question See below, my correspondence with Mike from VPI on the re-installation of the brass collar after lubricating the motor. *****************************Mike,I have a Classic 3 for over a year with the 300 RPM motor. I took the Pulley and brass collar... | |
| Wilson Sophia II..uncommon SS Integrated match ? This is my setupVPI Classic 3, Jan Allaerts MC1 Boron cartridge, Avid Pulsus phono stage, Acurus RL-11 Preamp, Music Reference RM-9 MKII amp (Genalex Gold Lion KT77 and Russian 6922) and Sophia II speakers.The Music Reference Rm-9 MK II amplifier ... |