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Weird issue with my VPI... please help
VPI can be adjusted with added weight at the headshell end. If this is how the setup was done I don't know, but that is the reason Harry provides it. When I heard the VPI/Shelter table, it sounded excellent to me. Audiofiel...I'm just stating the ... 
VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS?
Sorry Buconero...I misread your question...I thought it was for a turntable. 
VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS?
Buconero117... the SDS IS and improvement not because of the trick that you can change the pitch, but because the SDS provides a constant and reliable electric source for the motors. The sound IS improved with its addition because the turntable re... 
VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS?
Frogman..I am a professional violinist and have played in many orchestras over the many years of my career. If you listen to classical music I know you have heard me play. I carefully tune in the warm-up room as do everyone I know, and very rarely... 
Anti-Cables with NAD and Vandersteen
I'm using Anti-Cables on my Vandersteen 5A's. If you read my previous posts, you will see that I tried all of the highest price cables and Anti's were the keeper. 
VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS?
Unless you have absolute pitch, spot on correct speed is not very important... close is fine. When we tune up before a concert, we have a strobe that provides an "A" in the warm=up room. (When orchestras tune up in front of the audience, its only ... 
Weird issue with my VPI... please help
The fact that Shelters do better in fixed bearing arms is not the issue. Madfloyd's complaints are not of optimumization, but of severe frequency response errors. I suspect a bad cartridge the replacement of which will sound very good indeed. ..ju... 
Own a TW-Acustic Raven One?
My VPI 10.5i is solidly affixed to the turntable. There is no movement...I tried hard to move it. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone reading this with a VPI arm has play in the base of their arm. 
VPI HW-19 Upgrade question SAMA or SDS?
I too vote for the SDS 
Weird issue with my VPI... please help
Bad cartridge...no setup error that I know will make a cartridge sound like that. I agree about Shelter cartridges...they sound fine in a VPI arm. Call back your dealer, explain the problem and get an RA number to send it back. 
Gallos how good are they?
The Gallos don't sound anything like the MBL's. I really like the Gallos, and don't like the MBL's at all. (they sound like German tanks to me- heavy, lumbering, etc.) 
Placement question
Go to Vandersteen.com and click on to the 5A's owners' manual. In there they will give you specific measurements and graphs for speaker placement. I found this to be very valuable and can attest that following these suggestions make a very real di... 
Audio Physic Scorpio or Vandersteen Signature 3A
All vandersteen speakers sound a bit rolled off in the highs until you get used to their design. Richard says it's because they are absolutely time aligned..never the less, listen for a while before you make any final decision. 
Own a TW-Acustic Raven One?
I don't know the Raven that well...I only heard it once in an unfamiliar system. I was just wondering however, if anyone compared the Raven to the VPI rim drive. I do know that the rim drive moves the VPI to a much higher level. I know Raven owner... 
why are two subs harder to place than full range?
Vandersteen says put them in the corners