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What direction is VPI headed?

First let me state that I own a VPI Prime w/perifial ring, SDS, and a couple extra arm wands so I have invested some $ overall, this being my third VPI table, with that said I am a happy VPI customer but here recently have taken a few notes on their constantly coming up with the next iteration of what ever is moving well and I do believe the Prime is one of those. When they came out with the Prime Signature it was hard not to sell and replace with it but I didn't now the Prime Signature Rosewood is gorgeous but at $6,800.00, now when you get to that cost level I started looking used and have seen the prices dropping ridiculously low on a couple of HRX setups with all the extras for  a lot less than that and they still aren't moving. I know there are those that speak of VPIs marketing from time to time but what is going on.
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avanti1960
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@turntablemat
 well said sir, thank you.  but the correct answer is...

round and round.......
autospec
278 posts
 
Well I took one of my Scout turntables today and removed that Uni-Pivot tone arm and replaced it with a good REGA 700 tonearm.....Its almost like the good old days HW-19 JR and a REGA 300 tonearm......VPI its time for a tonearm re issue......autospec
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slaw
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@jollytinker ,"I don't expect too much hand holding".

What? What did I just read? A VPI owner that is willing to spend thousands of $, (let me repeat) thousands of $ on a TT and somehow when they learn their StP distance is off, or when they just found out their newly bought TT has just been discontinued, they are still willing to give this American  company a break! Give me a Break!

@jollytinker , Would you give any other TT manufacturer a break if you just bought their TT and learned that your $250.00 cartridge alignment tool showed a 2 mm discrepancy? Or at the least, the manufacturer and the press never once released this MAJOR issue? Look at what Bill Stevenson just described as a VPI customer. He had the same issue. He was offered a remedy. I wasn't. Were you? I've been a VPI customer for over 30 years. I'm now ashamed to admit this. Sadly I now feel, I should have known better.

I don't want "super simplicity" I do want a product that after I get it home, I don't have MAJOR questions about. Or, Any questions about, do you?





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dlcockrum
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slaw,

Bringing Matt's expressed grief over the death of his mother into your rant is way out of bounds.

Dave
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