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I want to try a different tonearm on my classic

Hello AGONers,

I have been thinking about trying a new tonearm on my classic 1. I beleive I want to try something outside the JMW line. Have any of you VPI users made an upgrade to your tonearm? If so, What make and model tonearm are you getting good results with? I currently have the JMW 10.5 arm with a soundsmith sussuro paua. This combination sound nice and I have been happy with it thus far. I am just curious to see if I cant squeeze more performance out of this cartridge with a different tonearm. Do you guys have any suggestions or should I just stay with the JMW.....

Thanks
Andy
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elizabeth
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Yes.. the point about the Rega/JMW interchangability is they use the same geometry.
So a different aftermarket arm would need a different hole in the plinth to be set up right.

I agree the swap to a Rega would be a lateral move, and not an upgrade.
Though it might sound different as unipivot vs gimbal
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