ISO upgrades to Pro-ject VT-E Vertical Record Player

[Deleted member 85326]

I am the proud owner of a Pro-ject VT-E Pro-ject vertical turntable. I want to do a couple of upgrades and I’m not finding the info on the Pro-ject site other forums. This turntable is factory set up for an Ortofon 05e cartridge and stylist . I want to know if I can keep the shell / cartridge and upgrade the stylust only to the Ortofon 20.
I also want to swap to and acrylic or glass platter. Anyone know where I could find these answers ? Thanks

 

[lini]

(...) I want to know if I can keep the shell / cartridge and upgrade the stylust only to the Ortofon 20. (...)

Theoretically yes, you could swap the 5E for a 20. In practice, however, the problem is, that the antiskating appears to be fixed, so that you couldn't adjust that for the 20 - and if you'd like to run the 20 with the tracking force, that's recommended by Ortofon, you'd also have to alter the counterweight position accordignly, and I'm not sure, whether a priceworthy digital tracking force scale would still show correct readings, if not used in horizontal orientation.

And regarding a different platter you'd probably best contact Pro-Ject and ask them. I could imagine, that a heavier acrlic platter might not be such a good idea for the platter bearing, though.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[raindance]

Honestly I thought the tracking force on these was set by a fixed internal spring (I do not see how a weight could work unless there is a gravity bending device in there), so I am not sure if a cartridge swap is a good idea. What stops the existing platter from falling off when you remove a record? Somehow I doubt an aftermarket platter would have the retention mechanism you'd need. From my memory of vertical turntables they are pretty specialized and not particularly tweakable.

 

[DVDdoug]

I want to do a couple of upgrades

What problems are you trying to fix? Or is it just for appearance?

I heard rumble once from a cheap plastic "record player" and I've had slipping belts & drive wheels but if it's working properly the turntable itself should have very little effect on the sound.

A different cartridge will give you different frequency response (as will a different capacitive load on the cartridge) but frequency response can be easily tweaked with tone controls or EQ. A better cartridge might also improve distortion on "hard to track" records.

Of course the REAL problems and limitations are from the analog vinyl itself...

(I do not see how a weight could work unless there is a gravity bending device in there),

Like a weight on a pulley? It's probably a spring.

 

[VGK]

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
könnten Sie mir bitte, falls möglich, die Abmessungen des Pro-Ject VT , wie aud dem Bild dargestellt, mitteilen?
Vielen Dank im Voraus.

 

[Balle Clorin]

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
könnten Sie mir bitte, falls möglich, die Abmessungen des Pro-Ject VT , wie aud dem Bild dargestellt, mitteilen?
Vielen Dank im Voraus.

You will have a better chance of reply if you use the forum language, which is English

 

[VGK]

Thanks for the tip!


"Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please provide me with the dimensions of the Pro-Ject VT, as shown in the picture, if possible?

Thank you in advance."

 

[DSJR]

I don't know how the downforce is created here. The manual below suggests use of the OM cartridges only (not at all a bad thing). I know them well and there's nowt really wrong with the OM5e. The 20 is a bit 'cleaner' sounding, but it doesn't look as if the slightly lower downforce can be accommodated by the end user (Read the notes in the manual concerning this)

Manual below -

https://www.project-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Manual_VTE_R.pdf

The tonearm looks to be related to the other E models and any bias correction this arm has in this application, may be in gravity, as apparently, there's no natural correction in the arm design despite claims otherwise. The different counterweight used may give some indication here.