SoundSmith Counter Intuitive For VPI Arms

What is it??

I checked it out. Add another $12 for shipping and your at $62. I don't see what adavantage this will give you. I guess, if your having a problem getting it right ......... I can think of many other places to lay down $62 .........

Stringreen,

Here's a link . It's actually a clever tweak for JMW arms that provides repeatable fine tuning of both VTF and azimuth, without moving the main counterweight. It's like the (dirt cheap) O-rings I recommmend for arms without fine VTF, but it adds a scale for repeatability and provides azimuth control too. Looks pretty nifty to me.

If a user didn't hear or care about fine VTF and azimuth adjustments then this wouldn't be worthwhile, but JMW owners who do hear such differences might think it a bargain. What's $62 to enhance the performance and ease-of-use of a $2,000+ rig? Just 3%. Hard to imagine a more economical upgrade.

Wow that is cool. I just ordered one for my Classic.

I received mine today. It works as advertised. Its much easier to make fine adjustment with.

I had removed the end slug on the arm as suggestion from another poster and felt it did sound more transparent without it but of course made fine adjustments of VTF all but impossible.

I also went and bought some rubber o-rings as another poster also recomended to adjust VTF without having to mess with azimuth at the same time. I found the rings I bought to help but were still far from ideal.

The Counter Intuitive is much better allowing much finer adjustment than the o-rings.

A no brainer for shure.