VPI TT Good?

del44
del44 Posts: 686
edited October 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
OK, I'm starting to get back into vinyl, thanks to you guys. :D Anyways, I'm kinda looking at VPI and Music Hall. I was wondering if this is a good deal for a VPI. Any thoughts.http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1197586768
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited October 2007
    I love my VPI and im sure Joe will chime in as he is the expert on them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited October 2007
    VPI Scout (and I mean this in a good way) is the bottom of the high end. Most of the MMF ("Make Money Fast" is what Roy Hall himself is claimed to have meant by the acronym) tt's are toys, but they are not inexpensive.
    The Clearaudio Emotion (or its Marantz morph) are also probably worthy of consideration, and a bit cheaper than the Scout.

    All IMNSHO, of course...

    (and, for the record, I own a cheap tt... but the Scout and the Marantz/Clearaudio are on the short list when my old b&o bites the dust)
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  • Spacedeckman
    Spacedeckman Posts: 96
    edited October 2007
    I love my Scout. Far more than the LP12 it replaced. Not that the LP12 is a bad table, but I'm on a wood floor, and had isolation issues. I think the Scout sounds better too, more substantial. I'm done with suspended tables...for a while.

    Mark
    System:

    VPI Scout/Benz Ace
    Sutherland PH2000
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    Yamaha DVD-CX1 (primarily for CD..26 lbs, all BB D/A)
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited October 2007
    Spacedeckman wrote: »
    Not that the LP12 is a bad table, but I'm on a wood floor, and had isolation issues.

    +1 to that.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited October 2007
    I'm kind of itching to get back into vinyl. Been awhile. I've heard that the VPI's are good. And now that my new amp is on it's way, It's time to turn my attention to a new rig. I'll be doing my homework.:)
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited October 2007
    I like my Scout as well but I am not sure I would pay $1300 forba used one with the risks. I would rather buy it local and new.
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