This was years before the time of the 3D arms, but my old dealer had a HELL of a time getting the Karat setup to track properly on my buddy's VPI Scoutmaster -- and he had over 30 years of experience setting up turntables. It worked OK in the end, but took some serious doing and tweaking to get there. The Karat is apparently an oddball because of its extremely short cantilever.
My friend upgraded to an Ortofon Jubilee and was a lot happier. Still runs that VPI/Ortofon setup today, and he's upgraded almost everything else (I think he did get the 3D armwand too). He's also reported to me that his vinyl rig still sounds much better than his new PS Audio DirectStream DAC.
Last edited by mulveling; 04-08-2018 at 05:31 PM.
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