Steve,
I would deal with VPI directly. I've found that to be a more direct route. As for the Discovery cable, many tonearms come wired with Discovery cable. All VPI JMW arms are wired with Discovery, as are the Wheaton arms (Tri-Planar). There are a couple other tonearm manufacturers, but I can't remember them right now. I liked my VPI JMW 10.5 so much I tried a 1 meter length of Discovery Essence between the arm and the phono stage. It was a big improvement over the more expensive Phono cable from Transparent Audio that I had been using. So this is something that may interest you, after the mk IV upgrade of course.
Regards,
John
I would deal with VPI directly. I've found that to be a more direct route. As for the Discovery cable, many tonearms come wired with Discovery cable. All VPI JMW arms are wired with Discovery, as are the Wheaton arms (Tri-Planar). There are a couple other tonearm manufacturers, but I can't remember them right now. I liked my VPI JMW 10.5 so much I tried a 1 meter length of Discovery Essence between the arm and the phono stage. It was a big improvement over the more expensive Phono cable from Transparent Audio that I had been using. So this is something that may interest you, after the mk IV upgrade of course.
Regards,
John