Stevelgbch wrote:

I was wondering why the rating for this VPI turntable in the Recommended listings was changed from an A in the October issue to B in the current issue?  Anybody got an idea?  Thanks.

I did answer this question in the analog forum. The original A rating was provisional, based on the fact that its review was also in the October issue. Class B was Michael Fremer's more considered rating when he was polled when we compiled the April 2011 issue's listing.

John Atkinson

Editor, Stereophile