I own a Gullwing SLR and for the life of me I just cannot get it to track perfectly on a JMW-3D 10.5 (Classic Signature) or on a previous JMW 9 (Prime Scout), no matter what I try. Sounds great 95% of the time until I experience some mild distortion on specific records which drives me nuts. Never had this issue with other carts (Benz Micro Wood SH and MoFi Mastertracker).
I reached out a while ago to an ebay seller that was selling this exact combo of Classic Signture + Gullwing SLR and he stated that he didn't experience any mistracking. I started thinking the cart itself might have an issue, so I sent it for inspection to Soundsmith. Came back with a clean bill of health.
No tools, unfortunately. So I set it visually. However, I tested several azimuth settings, from extreme clockwise to extreme counterclockwise, and it did not have any significant effect on mistracking, which is surprising.
I own a Gullwing SLR and for the life of me I just cannot get it to track perfectly on a JMW-3D 10.5 (Classic Signature) or on a previous JMW 9 (Prime Scout), no matter what I try. Sounds great 95% of the time until I experience some mild distortion on specific records which drives me nuts. Never had this issue with other carts (Benz Micro Wood SH and MoFi Mastertracker).
I reached out a while ago to an ebay seller that was selling this exact combo of Classic Signture + Gullwing SLR and he stated that he didn't experience any mistracking. I started thinking the cart itself might have an issue, so I sent it for inspection to Soundsmith. Came back with a clean bill of health.
I simply gave up on it, unfortunately.
I have no personal experience withe the Micro Benz Gullwing SLR, but I know a lot of happy VPI owners who do.
Not a Gullwing, but I've used a Benz L04, a cheaper Micro, and my LP-S. I've found them all to work very nicely on the 3D arms.