As a former Scout owner, I think Stanwal is offering sound counsel. The Scout & JMW arm are well matched. Personally, I don't think the arm is the weakest link in the Scout package. If you had a serious passion to upgrade your vinyl playback, it would be more economically logical to just sell the Scout and start anew with a turntable that offered more potential to extract information from a more resolving arm.
VPI Scout question
Just out of curiosity. Does a NON VPI JMW arm fit on VPI Scout turntable. I own a VPI scout and a Lyra Dorian cart. But I hear different thing about the VPI JMW tonearms. Some people say it is a good arm say say it is not.
I know there are some people out there that use Trans-Fi Terminator tone arm but I'm not sure about that solution since an air bearing arm has it's own problems. The air compressor among others.
So what arms would fit in a VPI scout that would be an improvement over the standard arm. Yes I know that is subjective but still I would like to know. Also I'm not looking for the mega $$ arms. I know there are some very well made arms out there but it should be balanced. Also I like Lyra carts so the arm should work well with Lyra.
So does anyone have a suggestion as to what arm works well with a VPI scout, doesn't break the bank and can handle a Lyra cart.
I know there are some people out there that use Trans-Fi Terminator tone arm but I'm not sure about that solution since an air bearing arm has it's own problems. The air compressor among others.
So what arms would fit in a VPI scout that would be an improvement over the standard arm. Yes I know that is subjective but still I would like to know. Also I'm not looking for the mega $$ arms. I know there are some very well made arms out there but it should be balanced. Also I like Lyra carts so the arm should work well with Lyra.
So does anyone have a suggestion as to what arm works well with a VPI scout, doesn't break the bank and can handle a Lyra cart.