I am certainly of little help choosing a cartridge however I could mention, VPI was developing the HW-40 feet design during my facility tour and explained to me the turntable is asymmetrical weight wise and that each foot required a variation in design for optimal results. This was during the product development stage and I have no information on the final design differences (if any) between each the four production feet that ship stock from the factory. Stillpoints an improvement DUNNO however the cartridge VPI was also developing at the time of my visit sounded beautiful installed on the WH-40 and on display at the VPI house. Not sure if this cartridge is available or even in the same league as the ones mention above but I tip my hat to the HW-40 and the grand choice to crown the Accuphase system with this TT.

Buddy... I have experimented with Ultra 5’s under VPI TT’s stock feet. The results are very good; albeit expensive.

What did you decide on for your HW-40, Ivan?

I know I’m late to this party but I’ve been so happy with my Dynavector XV1-S on my Fatboy that I’d highly recommend the Dyna XV1-S or even better, their top of the line XV1-T.

In fact, I’m desperately trying to put together a business case for why I absolutely need to trade my -1S on a -1T. . .

Steve

Then again, an Audio-Technica AT-ART1000 would look and sound really good on that HW-40, too!

Steve

Steve... I went with an Airtight PC-1 Coda

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Beautiful cartridge. Thanks. I’ll bet the Airtight and HW-40 sound super together.

Steve