I own a VPI Prime Signature. It's honestly one of the best tables for the money today. The Unipivot are is a pain - unless you add the dual pivot (a used table may have it already). Makes setting azimuth a breeze and can almost be done on the fly. But save your records and move the arm back to the rest first. I recently added a 2nd arm to mine. No, an actually mounted 2nd arm. No mods to the table were made. And this is the nicer thing about VPI tables, they can be modded. Heck, Harry and Mat both commented positively on the mod!
Anyway, I digress. The Prime Sig. has such great features I can objectively say the advertising for it is not hype. Of course, your cartridge choice will make a huge impact on how it plays. But that's the thing with VPI tables. You can start with the basic table and add/swap/change around the different things as time goes on to build it better. They have a gimbaled arm if you don't like the Unipivot. Add the SDS/ADS/Phoenix speed controller. Add the periphery ring. Get multiple arm wands and swap cartridges based on needs.
For the money, the VPI is and was my choice.
Anyway, I digress. The Prime Sig. has such great features I can objectively say the advertising for it is not hype. Of course, your cartridge choice will make a huge impact on how it plays. But that's the thing with VPI tables. You can start with the basic table and add/swap/change around the different things as time goes on to build it better. They have a gimbaled arm if you don't like the Unipivot. Add the SDS/ADS/Phoenix speed controller. Add the periphery ring. Get multiple arm wands and swap cartridges based on needs.
For the money, the VPI is and was my choice.