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In Reply to: RE: VPI Dual Pivot Report posted by bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net on May 10, 2017 at 08:58:55
First of all, thank you very much for this report!
Second, do you know if VPI is recommending this upgrade for its JMW9 arms?
And now, permit me to rant a bit: As an owner of a VPI Scout over the past 11 years or so, I find this upgrade to a dual pivot approach to be somewhat shocking. Henry and Matt seem to market it as a brilliant innovation with great glee and fanfare, and yet I am forced to ask, "Why did it take them so long to basically acknowledge that their unipivot design is flawed?" Why didn't they test the JMW arms against a gimbaled design from the get go? Why, after almost two decades of JMW arms, are they just now discovering something so fundamental to their design?
I love my Scout, and am mostly a VPI fan boy, but this shakes me up a bit. It's moves like this that open them up to some of the cries of foul one hears on these and other boards.
Or am I missing something?
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VPI says the kit will fit any of their arms. I am not sure why you would resent the company for striving for improvement and making such available to existing customers.
I think HW developed it really to make his tonearms act less like a uni-pivot and be more stable. He admits to liking the bass developed by his gimbaled design but doesn't get the "air" he likes from the uni-pivot. This accidentally turned out to both stabilize the arm so it feels better in ones' hand but found the bass is better while retaining the high frequencies.
I don't know why you think there a foul occurring? Was there something wrong when VPI found that their 3D printed arms sound better than their metal ones? What about when they added a flywheel? Tried rim-drives? He developed an add-on anti-skate for the same reason and some have found to like the sound better and some like it better without.
To paraphrase Stereophile: Don't let the option of the dual-pivot spoil the enjoyment of the music you have and can keep enjoying.
You do know the thing is an add-on accessory, don't you? It is available to you!
Edits: 05/10/17
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