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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.

 

dcaudio
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yoyoyaya
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SME arms are no longer available to purchase - only supplied with their turntables.

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stringreen
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VPI makes the Mark Levinson turntable

dcaudio OP
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Thanks for responses.

Oracle and Eminent Technology work together.  It has produced good sound in the past.

This was about replacing with a VPI Dragon/ML 515.

I am not reading above that the VPI Dragon would be an improvement, just different.  Thank you.

elliottbnewcombjr
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VAS has his big VPI off-line, currently enjoying TW Acustic, using his collection of VPI Uni-Pivot Arm wands to demo cartridges with it. You could ask Steve Leung what he likes about it

https://vasnyinc.com/

Here’s a TW Acustic with an SME3012 with removable headshell

https://www.emporiumhifi.com/turntables-tonearms-cartridges-phono-stages/tw-acustic-raven-ac-turntable-with-sme-m12-r-tonearmand-battery-psu/

I don’t see a dust cover.

Here's a Raven 2 in Canada, with extra parts for 2nd arm, links to reviews, might be a source to learn about them

https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650268168-tw-acustic-raven-2-reduced/

elliottbnewcombjr
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OP

So, forget those 2, what are you thinking?

Where are you located?

Any appeal to have potential for a second arm?

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