CONTACT US:
To discuss using the VTAF with a tone arm system other than a Rega, feel free to
contact:
Pete Riggle Audio
2112 South Olympia
Kennewick, WA, 99337
USA
Telephone and Fax (Pacific Timezone, GMT -8):
509.582.4548
eMail:
ORDERS:
VTAF for REGA tone arms: US$149.99, plus shipping
Kit includes detailed installation and user guide.
Complete instructions, 60 grit abrasive paper, and two dowel shaped
sanding forms are provided with the VTAF for enlarging an existing mounting hole.
Instructions and wire compass are provided for marking and making a new hole.
A retrofitting kit (not provided) is available for those who may wish for any reason to restore the arm mounting hole to the 25 mm diameter standard for Rega arms. Not one has ever been used!
Additional VTAF armboard bushing and vertical guide kit US$49.00, plus shipping
Allows you to set up another turntable for use with an arm that has the VTAF adjuster installed -
easily move the same tone arm between two turntables.
SHIPPING AND INSURANCE:
US Shipping and insurance is US$7.05 by Priority Mail within the United States
Outside the U.S. shipping and insurance will be by Air Letter Post. Shipping and insurance is US$12.75 to Canada, US$15.40 to Mexico, and US$16.20 to the U.K., Europe, Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong.
For other points outside the United States, actual shipping and insurance charges will depend on the destination (please inquire). All amounts stated are in U.S. dollars.
PAYMENT METHODS:
Our preferred method of payment is PayPal to the account of . You may access PayPal with the following link: http://www.paypal.com/ (Sorry, but you need javascript to use our eMail links. This protects our address from those nefarious spambots). Payment can also be made by personal check, cashier's check, or money order, payable to Pete Riggle.
Credit card payments will be accepted by telephone (509.582.4548). Sales tax of 8.3% (US$12.45) will be added for sales sent to addresses in Washington State.
Send money order, cashiers check, or personal checks to:
Pete Riggle Audio
2112 S. Olympia Street
Kennewick WA 99337
USA
RETURNS:
In the unlikely event you are not satisfied with the VTAF, our no-questions return period is 90 days. In the event of a return after installation, Pete Riggle Audio will, upon request, provide an uninstallation kit set up for the thickness of the buyer’s arm board, at no cost to the buyer. The uninstallation kit consists of a PVC annulus to bush the 1.25 inch diameter hole back to the stock Rega hole mounting hole diameter of 24 mm, and two stainless steel washers.
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT USED DURING DEVELOPMENT:
Listening sessions during development of the VTAF were conducted using Rega RB250 tone arms
modified by Origin Live and Express Machine, mounted on Thorens TD124, Thorens TD125 Mk. II,
and Garrard 301 turntables, played through a Wright Audio Products AG phono stage,
an integrated 845 single-ended tube amplifier designed and constructed by Pete Riggle Audio,
and rear loaded single horn Ben loudspeakers by Cain&Cain using Fostex 208 Sigma loudspeaker drivers.
Phono cartridges used during development were a Denon DL103 moving coil cartridge
and a Grado Prestige cartridge.
LINKS to OUR FAVORITE SITES and FRIENDS:
Not that we want you to run away from our site, but here are some links to folks we know and respect... hey, let's be careful out there!
- Cain&Cain Audio - Fantastic Horn and Voigt Pipe Loudspeakers
- 6 Moons Audio Magazine
- Enjoy The Music Web Site
- AudioAsylum Discussion Boards (includes the VinylAsylum
- Experience Music, custom amplifiers and speakers by Jeffrey Jackson
- Bottlehead Corporation, excellent tube audio kits
- Welborne Labs, quality parts and nice amplifier kits
And, just in case you've made it this far and are curious, this website was designed by Randolph Carter (the nefarious pRC at AudioAsylum) who builds DIY tube amps and speakers and has a few other projects at cognitivevent.com... Go get 'em, Pete!