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Vpi ScoutMaster vs Acoustic Signature Final Tool

Hi folks,

Has anyone here ever compared the 2 decks mentioned in the title? I'm contemplating a source upgrade but i can't audition the Vpi locally as there's no local dealer at the moment.

I believe there is great price disparity between them in the US market but they are roughly the same in the Australian market(US$4k to 4.5K) . Acoustic Signature Final Tool Mk2 is almost twice the price of Scoutmaster in US at the moment but this is a quirk of the exchange rate and they should be competitor in performance term. Both are well built, using suspensionless design and well reviewed in the past.

Some of you will be horrified to hear that Scoutmaster retails for US$4200 here despite the current A$1 to US$0.94 exchange rate.

regards,
jasper
jaspert

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jaspert OP
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Big thanks to all who has chimed in with your input so far.
I'm a bit surprised by the remark on the JMW 9 tonearm as i thought it's an asset rather than a liability but i did a search in the Analogue archive and see where you are coming from.
At this stage, I plan to get a local demo of the Acoustic Signature turntables and take it from there.Hopefully it will be a decent jump in performance relative to my current Roksan Radius 5 (maple)/Nima tonearm combination.
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