@jwei VPI absolutely belongs on this list. But made in Brooklyn somehow lacks the cachet of more exotic manufacturing locales like Scottish Highlands, the Black Forest or some medieval city in Eastern Europe.
VPI also doesn’t adopt contrarian logic like arguing with the basic laws of Newtonian physics like F=ma, and unlike certain British turntable makers and their penchant for using tiny torque-free clock motors.
However VPIs do routinely run at the correct speed. Quietly, and pretty much forever.