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.

dcaudio11-20-2025 7:42pm

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dcaudio OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 104 posts 11-21-2025 at 08:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 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 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,746 posts 11-21-2025 at 09:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 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 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,746 posts 11-21-2025 at 09:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete OP So, forget those 2, what are you thinking? Where are you located? Any appeal to have potential for a second arm?
elliottbnewcombjr Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,746 posts 11-21-2025 at 10:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete the TW Acustic Raven 2 shown with Two Arms this one’s in Germany, with 2 Ikeda Arms he is not including this different Canadian seller has two TW Acustic armboards https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650218098-tw-acustic-armboards/ A very wordy review of TW Acustic's 10.5" arm https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/179-tw-acustic-raven-105-tonearm
elliottbnewcombjr Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,746 posts 11-23-2025 at 05:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 2 arms, 2 removable headshells https://www.ebay.com/itm/177518917069?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=464e3606-c892-11f0-8415-313234636235 prefer black https://www.ebay.com/itm/177534947036?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D295741%26meid%3D92029dd17d354b0f879e66635dbbea35%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D177518917069%26itm%3D177534947036%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimVIDwebV3WithCPCExpansionEmbeddingSearchQuerySemanticBroadMatchSingularityRecallReplaceKnnV4WithVectorDbNsOptHotPlRecallCIICentroidCoviewCPCAuto%26brand%3DMicro%2BSeiki&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851&itmprp=cksum%3A17753494703692029dd17d354b0f879e66635dbbea35%7Cenc%3AAQAKAAABgG96wQ16jds4VFcrhy1F3d4mbwZUJI9Fs%252BgdXYAHIzlX2e3YaNh7x%252BEnKA3G%252BCqSl1Xn4McfcWFK1GytmS2qxJ87mtE8Gm3iR1Ja4WBwh0hNHJrJx3Ki5mp04ow4CO7lP%252BooCybZDDU%252BbbSwmg7CbTin%252BBzBzbCYVnbjvyQAHu6--HI4MB7SvJl5IJqlyvomgoLMlgT6qAJzX0SANJhty2cCJdDtyOQQvKmfAAdo63TzVOP23Rihb6RJgxejHmxKs8nV2BDjDxmeOudC6eVLTWcBkgmX1XK%252FCLmqtQdxnTMlnCDfv%252B6%252FgFvCAmbXPTKZCL5GUuTpO5npglCrrkLOw89LX8JL3YGBWn3DOZ8v5I4CYcRNtqSkcv6iunYgj7aiCA0tjAwpV9p%252B9cseltRTYP0NtjVL5ru59vkwTXeEzhSX75FMARfhiAB28d3AdkYMYCNV3V5NPLAdDJHqoXQ1fcMQ5pnrEUytyQts%252BJ%252B7b59JGTdg0onKSpHPXOhvKU9kmw%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01KARWJ3E2362DMW3YCXGPWPTY