Quote Originally Posted by vouk View Post
Lovely system you have going on there Jack!! Top quality stuff! I'm sure you must be enjoying the hell out of it - as should your lovely "audience" (so, so cute by the way).
What are your thoughts/impressions of the VPI tonearm? I am considering an upgrade on mine - and I've heard and read lots of good things about it. It's Rega geometry, no?

Anyway - enjoy that lovely system of yours!
I haven't been posting in a long time.

Anyway, the VPI arm is the original 10-inch version from the late-1990s. I bought it new based on the Anthony Cordesman review in The Absolute Sound (I think) and my audition at the dealer. I believe the current model is now 10.5 inches, and they also make a 12 inch arm.

I love the arm, and have been using it for about 15 years, on cartridges ranging from a $79 Shure to a $2700 Van den hul. Its signature sound would tend toward the smooth, with a full, warm bass but also tremendous resolution. It's quite different from any Rega arm (my prior table was a Rega 2). I would say it's in another league up from the Rega 300 arm (which is a great arm).

So, as the mainstay of my system for 15 years I can't find fault with it. It's kind of the opposite of the Linn sound, which fits me.