Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms

@mijostyn - that's what I thought, but why have I seen them on some pretty expensive ($10K+) VPI tables?

@mr_m - I've heard good things about WTL arms - I guess quasi unipivot is the key - whatever that means.

Sounds like for most people, gimbal is the way to go, which is probably why the most practical company, Rega, uses that design exclusively for the best value in tonearms.

I never understood the appeal of the hard to handle, wobbly unipivot, but for some people it can sound better and is worth the trouble I guess. 

Like everything else in this hobby, it's a matter of what you're willing to do or spend to get the last couple % of improvement you perceive.  

A couple contributors here have written unipivot arms off, and I have also. Although my dream table is an SME, they don't mention gimbal or unipivot in their Series V arm description. I guess it is a modified unipivot?

@rauliruegas -  they could have said gimbal....

Rega is IMHO best bang for the buck 

I know VPI is now pushing gimbal arms, but they are WAY overpriced, and they are made on a 3D printer - I guess out or some kind of plastic, and I saw in a previous discussion that they actually bend sometimes during shipping if it gets hot, and they tell their customers to use a hair dryer to bend them back - I kid you not. They also say they'll replace them if you want. $4K to boot!

The unipivots that bounce around are definitely a PITA to use, set up, you name it. I hear they make nice tables though.....and they started out making bases for Denon tables.

Could be (I wonder what material can go through a printer not subject to heat), but $4K is quite expensive compared to other options. Bottom line - if unipivot was the future, they wouldn't be going in another completely different direction.