Why would you want to change from the Oracle/Eminent TT? That has a truly excellent linear track arm! The Delphi was one of the top rated TT's. Instead upgrade your phone cartridge/phono stage.
Experience VPI Dragon and/or Mark Levinson 515 turntables
I understand both of these listed turntables are the same.
Are there Audiogoners that own or have evaluated one or the other. I am very interested in feedback from use. Or is there another VPI turntable I should consider. Any other options?
I currently own Oracle Delphi II with Eminent Technology arm and am looking for a table that is much newer and benefits from 35 years of industry knowledge and manufacturing.
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@jasonbourne71 , yes the Delphi is a great turntable and the ET2 is a great tonearm, but together, they aren’t the best match. The ET-2 has very high horizontal effective mass. A Oracle’s floating sub-chassis wants to sway horizontally.These two things fight each other Even with good pump isolation, the tiny micro-vibrations and hose tugging of the ET-2 tend to excite the Oracle’s spring system. |
@testpilot : Learn something new every day! So the OP could change the arm to an SME V for improved detail. This makes more sense than buying a VPI TT. |
@jasonbourne71 Oracle and SME have a long standing commercial relationship, therefore, your SME suggestion is a good one along with sending the table back to Oracle for an update. |
"the Delphi is a great turntable and the ET2 is a great tonearm, but together, they aren’t the best match." After reading the OP’s setup, I wondered about that setup. In the 1986 review, the ET was thought to be ideal. From the review: The SOTA, VPI, and Delphi also work synergistically with the new air-bearing arms. The Eminent Technology Two, for example, provided outstanding performance with all three turntables (there is a special mounting kit for the Oracle). In fact, I’d urge you to audition this combination. I’ve not had the opportunity to test the new SME V or the latest Goldmund arms in my system, but the few people I know who’ve experimented have all felt the Eminent Technology to be at least as good, and $700 to $2200 cheaper Oracle Delphi turntable | Stereophile.com VPI Dragon- it looks like it will be a decent table, but $8K? I’d look at what other brands/setups $8K can buy. Few bucks less gets you fully loaded VPI Classic or a little more(MD has B stock for $12K) HW40 DD. If it must be USA-SOTA
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