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In Reply to: Never saw a VPI with an aluminum platter. posted by HenryH on December 15, 2005 at 06:47:29:
That's a Mk.I and cannot be upgraded, if I remember. I'm questioning myself on that...I can't remember if perhaps, it could be upgraded, but only to a Mark III. I do know it did not have the dual spring system...more like a Thorens or Linn.Going from the Thorens TD 160 to the VPI Mk.I was like going from a Chevy Bel-Aire to a Ford Fairmont. I bought a Mk.IV VERY shortly after buying the Mk. I. I sold it to a lawyer in D.C. He said his wife would kill him if she know he'd paid big bucks for a turntable...I can't remember what I got but it certainly wasn't "big bucks"!
It was like a drug deal. We met at a restaurant parking lot in Frederick (about 1/2 way for each of us). He handed me the cash, I took the table and placed it in his car. Bye!
Follow Ups:
this sunday i met in a cold McDonald's parking lot in the middle of Maine with $325 rolled up in my shirt pocket. my palms were sweating when i saw my source roll in - the little blue civic hatchback was just as described - and so piled high with vinyl i thought it might bottom out entering the parking lot.i'll post a gloat... err... i mean 'score' post as soon as i can document it all. the only way i will make sense of all of this stuff is make a big list - which is a lot of fun too. :)
but, the short version is that i got like 30 jazz books, a kerouac 3 CD box set and somewhere between 250 and 300 jazz records. yes, for $325. the selection is very similar to my earlier jazz 'score' posts (a mix of rarities, re-issues and some mediocre stuff i will eventually purge). there is a larger selection of 70's and 80's records this time - because i took *everything* the guy had instead of trying to pick and choose over the phone. i shudder to think of the killer records i missed out on with our flawed system the first time around.
i'll post the full list when i compile it, but right now i am spinning the lee morgan side of 'best of birdland vol. 1' on roulette and soon i will flip it coltrane's side. :)
Dave
Later Gator,
Crank up your talking machine, grab a jar of your favorite "kick-back", sit down, relax, and let the good times roll.The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
LOL.
Reminds of a cable deal I made with an A'goner. He was the owner of a local nudie bar and I had to bring the cable to him at the club so that his wife wouldn't find out how much he paid for "pieces of wire" :-)
We did the deal in the parking lot and he was driving a very very pimped out Escalade. Kinda creepy, but the deal got done!cheers,
Send an instant karma to me...
-Ray
HenryCogito Ergo Spud
the MK IV is a TNT platter and bearing upgrade.
No longer available and when it was, it was mucho bux.cheers,
Send an instant karma to me...
-Ray
And unless I sell the novel(s) I've been working on for 116 years or win the lottery, it may be the last table I buy! Which, of course, does not keep me from tweaking things, changing things, and dreaming about how nice a wood Teres would look in my listening room.
...well. It would undoubtedly look good.All bets are off as to whether it would be an actual sonic improvement though.
OTOH, you can strip the clothing off your MK IV and tweak it to a TNT.
cheers,
Send an instant karma to me...
-Ray
I'd send some of that brand to my girlfriend if my wife would allow me to have one.
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