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VPI Direct Drive Turntable
Flieb,If I may add , In the early days of VPI, pre any table manufacturing I remember their bricks and metal platforms for resonate control being advertised ,the VPI bricks were designed to put on top of amplifiers , tuners , preamps ect. Magazine... 
VPI Direct Drive Turntable
Yes this new cog-less motor could very well be THE motor for direct drive table and could be a break through in table motor technologies ,but a MDF arm board and plinth?Take a look at Steve Dobbins table, the Kodo Beat for a good example of an exc... 
VPI Direct Drive Turntable
Yes Lewm the market will determine the fate of this 30 G entry however ,..Let's say Winfelds costs per motor and power supply with bulk pricing is somewhere in the $5000.00 region .Now here's the kicker,..$6.00 for the MDF per unit , sealer and pa... 
VPI Direct Drive Turntable
For $30,000.00 I was surprised to see that VPI used medium density fibre board for their choice of material for the plinth including use of MDF for the single arm board. ,,,,,$30,000.00,,,,really ?S.M.E., Kodo Beat, just to name a couple manufactu... 
New $35K pivoting tonearm
$35,000.00 tone arm, at lease for this money you have something to play with.I think the wire industry tops it all even surpassing the cryogenic treated cable elevators .There are many examples and right now on sale here on Audiogon, a 6 foot Elro... 
Phasured to Life NOS1
Glory, could you describe what it is you are hearing that has you so content with digital playback also what is the music you listen to ?BTW you live in the nicest part of Florida ,just beautiful,... 
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable
A fiend of mine has a TX1000 that's part of a large collection of vintage components that he calls his audio museum.I bought my 2 arm Kenwood LO7D from him, however only after relentless negotiations and sleepless nights wondering if he would chan... 
Where's Digital playback at today ?
Well. I see my homework is cut out for me.Virtually every single digital playback that I listened to had identifiable digital character and colourations that left me cold which ultimately forced me to abandon cd and sacd all together.So ,ten years... 
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable
Don't listen to Lewm you should contact me first,..Sorry to say It's a real clunker Clint,...old and out dated, the new offerings of today are much more advanced and forward thinking in their designs,....Save your money for something else. 
Where's Digital playback at today ?
All of your responses are appreciated, thank you. 
Where's Digital playback at today ?
Bill this is interesting, thank you. 
Turnable database with TimeLine
Didn't Goldmund source their dd motors from JVC ?The Studio had quite the funky plinth, pretty flimsy if I remember correctly, what was Lerne thinking about ? 
Where's Digital playback at today ?
Hi Don you could very well be right , save your money and look at your Sony.One evening I was reading some vintage absolute sound on digital, around the time the editor and writers started to embrace cd sound ,gag,and caugh... However it seem ther... 
New TW 3 Motor Pod
Sutteetat TW seem to have gone the root of VPI with a constant upgrade path, bearings, platters, feet, motors, ect however nothing wrong with that business plan. After I purchased my two motor TW AC a motor controller and feet upgrade were offered... 
Brinkmann vs TW Acustic
Yes i'm sure you hear a pretty sound from your TW AC however my extended experience with my TW-AC2 was not a happy one.Responding to a similar question a few years ago caused an exchange of private messages from happy TW owner that started out civ...