As a looooong time user of Accutuners, (previously Sight-O-Tuner, plain/modified), Peterson, Yamaha, Conn & a couple other weirdo's that noone has heard of. I have had an opportunity to check out the VT, several times. Sometimes by itself and others in comparison to the SATII. My biggest complaint, (one of many, in this regard), is that it's so damned busy calculating, whatever it's calculating, the the darned spinner is all over the place and NEVER really settles down enough to varify what the real pitch is. Of course, I do not do "canned" tunings, but rather use ETDs to simply be a measuring device that tell me what the piano needs. I prefer to do my own calculating/comprimises, etc. I don't want no darned macheeen telling me what it thinks the pianer needs, in regards to a tuning! Therefore, I'll stick with my SAT II. I'll not get a SATIII, as it do anything that the SATII is required to do, by me. All them "bells & whistles" are mostly Horse Pucky, IMO! Besides, the buttons are too small for my big "meat-hooks"! Likewise, I've looked at the Reyburn and TuneLab. Both are just as Adequate as the SATs. One major drawback for them: No way in hell I'm toting a $2-3K piece of equipment around that, if dropped, is toast! Dern laptops won't sit on top of all the uprights, etc., that I do. The palm pilot thingees is good ideer, but again, too danged fragile fer the likes of me. Just my 76.5cents worth, (inflated from 1969 when the dollar was "devalued", whatever the heck that means!)<G> Best Regards, Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares Are I
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