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VPI 10.5i counterweights ..umm.. weights

What weight of counterweight should I use for my Lyra Dorian Mono - which only weighs 6.4g ?

At present I have to add a weight to the headshell - which I've never liked doing and am at last taking the time to tidy up - having just bought Soundsmith Counter Intuitives.

My other 10.5i armwand carries a Lyra Skala (9gm) and the counterweight is ideal (ie. as close as possible to the pivot point). Both counterweights are the same. I weigh them on my primitive kitchen balance at just over 110gm. (They need the CI sticky scale width to be trimmed down to 1 - 5).

The lightest counterweight I've seen for sale is 100gm. I somehow doubt that would be light enough to lose the headshell weight - especially when adding the CI collar.

I'd be grateful for any help/advice. Thanks.
rateourmover

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rateourmover OP
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Thanks Stringreen. I'll send them an email.

I went via Agon first as VPI are usually so busy it takes a while to get a reply - and maybe someone already had their recommendation.
rateourmover OP
27 posts
 
Thanks both.
Jmcgrogan2
Counterweight as far in as possible still needs head-shell weight. It's then back about a centimeter..
Sarcher30
VTF adjustment bolt is jammed in ! and always has been. I live with it rather than risking using too much torque. I don't believe it will help enough anyway - which is why I haven't swapped to the other arm (where the VTA bolt did come out - and stays out..)
General
Is 100gm the minimum weight sold ? Don't they go lower for the 9" arms ? - and if so, are those useable on 10" arms ?
rateourmover OP
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Mcbuddah - thanks. I have a Cartridgeman Isolator which I use elsewhere with his MusicMaker 3 cartridge.
The two reasons I don't want to use it for the Lyra Dorian is (1) I wish to keep the same/similar VTA setting as for the Lyra Skala on the other 10.5i arm - so that I have quick and easy swapping between stereo and mono carts (2) the construction of the Lyra carts is such that they require and are voiced for a firm and rigid coupling with the headshell. I asked Roy Gregory some time ago about using Isolator with Lyra - and he made this observation.
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