Forty years ago Harry Weisfeld founded VPI Industries with a goal of improving how we hear and play records. This zero cogging highly efficient turntable draws from the style of some of VPI’s and other historic turntable designs to deliver a future classic.
The combination of materials takes the best from the last 4 decades with precision machined aluminium, tactile real wood & 3D printing, there is even a clear hinged dust cover.
Harry Weisfeld's 2012 "Classic Direct" direct drive turntable was an outstanding technical achievement, earning Stereophile Magazine's Class A+ rating. This award-winning table was loosely based on the VPI Classic Series table technology and included a thick aluminum plinth and armboard and an inverted platter bearing riding on a PEEK thrust disc. Combined with a cutting-edge BLDC direct drive motor, the CLASSIC DIRECT was created. The Classic Direct provided a stable, solid foundation for the music, allowing the listener to hear deeply into the recorded grooves to the treasures buried with-in.
Designing a new turntable to celebrate VPI's 40th anniversary provided VPI an opportunity to update the direct drive motor technology to incorporate advances in motion control and materials technologies.
- Chassis Composition: Aluminum and Solid Black Walnut (Stained)
- Platter Type & Size: 12″ Aluminum Platter, 25LBS
- Tonearm Included: JMW-12- Fatboy Gimbal
- Motor Type: Direct Drive
- Motor Torque: 2.68 Nm/sec
- Star/Stop Time: 1 Second
- Speed Monitoring: 2,500 pulses/revolution
- Footprint: 21¾” x 16 ¾”
- Overall Size: 22″ x 17″ x 10″