VPI Fatboy 12” Gimbal

Joey_V
Joey_V Posts: 8,570
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Man it’s just my luck today. I received my long awaited brand new VPI 12” Fatboy Gimbal... what a beast.

This will be a great partner to my current gen Unipivot 12” Fatboy...

Still have to figure the cart for this arm.

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Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,149
    It'll be interesting to hear your opinion on the uni vs gimbal. Seems like it's not very often you get to hear both side by side.
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  • TEAforONE
    TEAforONE Posts: 1,026
    Congratulations on the new arm! It appears the vinyl addiction has set in pretty deep.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,570
    displayname wrote: »
    It'll be interesting to hear your opinion on the uni vs gimbal. Seems like it's not very often you get to hear both side by side.

    Someday soon I hope
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,570
    TEAforONE wrote: »
    Congratulations on the new arm! It appears the vinyl addiction has set in pretty deep.

    Yeah but not in a rush. I still enjoy listening vis Tidal fwiw
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • doctor r
    doctor r Posts: 837
    I have a fiend with both on his Avenger table. Our observation after a little cartridge swapping is that the gimbaled arm tends to be a little more dampened than the unipivot dual pivot in his system. If a cartridge is a little on the “precise” side of the cartridge spectrum he tends to place it on the gimbaled arm where as he puts his “warmer”cartridge on the unipivot. The different is small but consistent.
    Rick
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