SOLDMy
Audioquest PT-6 is for sale along with my
VPI HW-19 MK. IIIThe arm is attached to an armboard expressly made for the VPI HW-19 Mk. III. It is 'loaded to the nines' and features Pete Riggle's trick VTAF system (VTA-on-the-fly) and an Expressimo Heavyweight counterweight. The arm was made by JELCO for Audioquest.
Pete Riggle's website:
www.vtaf.com There is no need to ever re-wire this baby for additional sonic betterment...it
already comes equipped with capable/low capacitance LC-OFC wiring within
As some of you might know, VTAF is really a Rega only set-up, so Pete Riggle drilled this out for the AQ/Linn mount arm himself.
I have owned a fully-modded Rega RB-250 arm (Expressimo counterweight and re-wired with Incognito) and this arm is
as good as it. They are both great 'budget' standouts in the field.
JELCO SA-250ST's sell for $290 new on Audiogon, the armboard drilled out from VPI is either $100-150, the VTAF is $179.00 from Pete Riggle (it has the $30 additional teflon pad) and the Expressimo counterweight was about $79 when new. All told, you're looking at a set-up that would cost you approximately $700 to fit to your VPI.
The arm has
fluid damping...making it more versatile than any Rega as it will synch a bit better with higher compliance cartridges that require a bit of mechanical damping (Grado owners rejoice!
)
If you are not familiar with these arms, they do
not come with external leads. You need a Linn-type lead with 5pin connectors at the arm and the rca's (or XLR's if your premap takes balanced). I have a 1.25 meter lead for it from Revelation Audio Labs...but, I paid $799 for it. I will be putting that up for sale soon, too
You can buy Cardas or Audioquest -based or even the leads made by JELCO themselves for <US$150 if you need one. I'd have to sell my RAL lead for
quite a bit more than this. But, it's available and is a great, cryo'ed silver cable for vinyl'istas.
See my other ad for VPI HW-19 MK. III (sans tonearm, with Rega mount):
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=65353.msg599325;topicseen#newRegards, John