Hey all, just to pop in real fast... totally agree about how a uni-pivot can be that is why we put a lot of time into the development of our Gimbal Fatboy.
@tonyptony has it correct, the HW-40 is 15K. We learned a lot, have improved on our manufacturing and assembly process and were ale to drastically reduce the price of the deck. The main saver was in the volume of parts. Regardless, if we save money than I believe in passing that on to the end user the best we can.
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@fsonicsmith I agree with you about our former vibration control engineering... I think my dad did the work back in the day but then re-used the same concepts without re-analyzing the approach for different materials/models. Not the case anymore, the feet that are on the HW-40 have been researched, measured, and tested by my in house engineer Mike Bettinger. We have a video up called "the bottle test" where we beat the heck out of the platform while the turntable is playing.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=335742833641928
At the moment, the HW-40 Direct Drive is the must current and efficient in regards to technology. We also have a full white paper on it to learn more:
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/5e0564_6dd7041af16e4823b3279a521f15aba6.pdf
We aren't perfect, but we will always try to step up our game :)