The Safir is all about rigidity. The 4p has the VTA tower cantilevered to the side and this is avoided on the Safir. The 4p arm base design simply can not be as rigid as the Safir's.
There was a time when I believed I'd use the VTA tower to compensate for varying record thickness. I have played with it quite a bit ... Because it's easy to do so. I've settled on leaving it alone based on my own listening experimentation. Others may not. Horses for courses.
I'm interested in the Safir as a future upgrade. But I'm also very curious to hear more from @jfrech in terms of the loss of weight he described with the Safir. This is the first negative feedback I've heard on the Safir and it's good to have a counter balance in the impressions.
There was a time when I believed I'd use the VTA tower to compensate for varying record thickness. I have played with it quite a bit ... Because it's easy to do so. I've settled on leaving it alone based on my own listening experimentation. Others may not. Horses for courses.
I'm interested in the Safir as a future upgrade. But I'm also very curious to hear more from @jfrech in terms of the loss of weight he described with the Safir. This is the first negative feedback I've heard on the Safir and it's good to have a counter balance in the impressions.