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I recently got me a used Fat Boy tonearm to fit on my older Avenger Table. I can't tell the difference between the old JMW VTA and the so called Fat Boy specific VTA. They look identical to me except the price my stealer wants to charge me. I'm about to call bull shit on this one.
Anybody have both or know the difference?
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Which FatBoy did you get , I used to have. JMW 12.7 Classic Metal tonearm . When I got my Unipivot FatBoy 12" , I used the same VTA Base . I just had to adjust the Pivot Spike higher in order to accomodate the 2nd pivot . Maybe what your dealer is selling you is the VTA Base just like the one used in the HW 40 . The VTA Tower is larger in diameter and this tower I thing can only be used w/ the gimbal FatBoy . I don't think it's going to fit w/ a Unipivot FatBoy because of the presence of Azimuth side weights . Here is mine .
Thanks to all for the help. I ended up buying direct from VPI. I told them what arm I have and the correct VTA is the JMW 12.
Here is a picture of my FatBoy mounted in the original VTA Base
I'm a long-term VPI owner, and have gone from the JMW 12.7 to VPI's first-gen 3D printed tonearm to the Fatboy Gimbal I currently use. I don't Understand your problem. VTA isn't a function of tonearm material, and I've never heard of a Fatboy specific VTA. If your tonearm base has the VTA tower, you are able to set VTA for both the metal and the Fatboy arm wands the same way - by turning the dial on the tower to raise or lower the back of the arm as desired. Where there may be a difference is the height above the plinth the two armwands display when the armwand's female bearing sits on the spike in the arm base. If the Fatboy armwand sits lower on the spike, you may have to adjust the female bearing in the bearing cup with an Allen wrench if your armwand doesn't have sufficient clearance between the bottom of the bearing cup and the plinth, for example. Hope this helps.
...doesn't mean much on 2 different tone arms so I don't know what it is your objecting to.
Post some pics of each and exactly what you're seeking. They must be different somewhere somehow, including sound character not to mention your setup abilities
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