im a scout/jmw-9 owner, and i think the vta on the the jmw-9 is fine. it's not quite "on the fly", but pretty close. a little loosening of the screws in the base of the arm, and then you essentially can fine tune vta while the record is spinning. pretty good if you ask me.
as far as the anti-skate, do a search on the vinyl board of audioasylum.com to read harry weisfeld's thoughts, which to me seem valid(and my anti-skate is fine to). or better yet, give vpi a call and get their reasons.
as far as the anti-skate, do a search on the vinyl board of audioasylum.com to read harry weisfeld's thoughts, which to me seem valid(and my anti-skate is fine to). or better yet, give vpi a call and get their reasons.