I know the goal of a journalist is to attack its subject with objectivity. I also realize I've mentioned this in previous essays, so if I am beginning to sound like a broken record you have my utmost apologies. I can't help it. I'm thirty-seven years old and that's hard enough to believe sometimes. More than half of that time has been spent in the hifi and music industries. Why does this matter at all when it comes to the VPI Traveler turntable? I met Harry Weisfeld (founder and president of the company) when I was a young punk ass answering phones at Pearson Publishing (previous home of The Absolute Sound, The Perfect Vision, Films in Review, and another magazine I can't remember). A year or so later I was setting up equipment for Harry Pearson, a pretty daunting task, or tasks, to say the least, for a young guy who only knew he loved music and good sound. Mr. Weisfeld was one of the first high end audio manufacturers I met, and he didn't judge me for simply being young. Believe it or not, there were some manufacturers and reps who thought that because I was young, I wasn't really interested in all this hifi business. Boy were they wrong!
Weisfeld took the time to teach me about basic turntable set-up. He explained things like VTA (Vertical Tracking Angle) and what they meant. I feel obligated to tell you this as the Traveler was built in honor of Harry's late wife, Sheila....
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