VPI 3D tonearm

Stringreen you are a shill for VPI!

What is the meaning of "resonance signature" , but another BS buzzword?

Discovery wire "is" superior, to Nordost, and was used in the original JMW arm and the original VPI interconnect.

Harry switched to Nordost for recognition, not a sonic improvement, he is after "sales over sonics" the last decade.

The TNT !!!, JMW 10, SDS back in 2000 was the pinnacle of VPI IMO. However they only made 100 in that year.

The "dropped counterweight" on newer VPI arms is a PITA to adjust, and offers no improvement. Nobody else uses a dropped counterweight.

The new direct drive will be only be for the rich wanting status.

The upper High End "sonics" of most all big buck audio, is consistently demonstrated as "good but uninspired" sound, to those with experience and common sense. It can be beat with much less $$$.

Don...why are you so angry?? Why are you writing at all?? You don't know what resonance is?? You don't know that a dropped counterweight lowers the center of gravity and makes the arm more stable? You probably don't know that the new Discovery cable is NEW and better sounding than Valhalla. You just don't know.

Actually Don, Harry hasn't dumped the rim drive. Wait and see.

Oh Don, not sure where you got your info but when I heard the 3D vs. Classic 3 arm, Harry had the same cartridge in both arms.

"3D Arm"?
What does this mean?
I thought all arms were 3D.......or is that just me?
Made without joints in one piece......?
Oh please....give me a break.
There are umpteen ways to create a 'one-piece arm without joints'.
Welding, brazing, casting, machining...and in the case of wood....turning.
With plastics, there are even a few more.
Continuum has had one piece hollow plastic resin arms (with no separate headshells) for over a decade.

Why is epoxy superior to aluminum or steel for an arm?

Good question.....but I can guess that Harry wouldn't know...or care?
This 3D printing for a tonearm is a cynical grab for the technologically challenged audiophile impressed by gimmicks and 'buzz-words'.
3D printing does have....and will have many valuable uses for the world in general.
I doubt that advances in tonearm design will be one of them?