| TEAC's $19,000 VPI HR-X1 turntable weighs more than your wife - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| Nordic |
Mmm, look at the old school turntable gone new. The VPI HR-X from TEAC features a belt driven, 50-mm thick acrylic platter which floats on an air suspension system at 33.3 or 45rpm. Packing a pair of 24 pole, 300rpm AC synchronous motors, this pup weighs in at 52.5-kg or 116-pounds. Oh, and It'll set you back ¥2,310,000 or about $19,000 when these go on sale in Japan in mid-June.
http://www.teac.co.jp/av/import/vpi...pi_att0705.html |
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| analog_sa |
| I can't quite get what is the connection between Vpi and Teac. Are they the distributors in Japan? |
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| SY |
| How do you know how much my wife weighs? She won't even tell ME. |
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| Nordic |
| lol, yeah, thats for a japanese wife I guess... |
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| analog_sa |
SY
This is the Japanese marketing campaign, not the North American.
How 'bout "weighs more than your cat"? |
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| SY |
| I knew I should have married a Japanese girl. |
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| analog_sa |
| You can still get a heavier turntable. |
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| ShinOBIWAN |
| quote: | Originally posted by analog_sa
You can still get a heavier turntable. |
The Rockport System III Sirius weighed in at 250kg/550lbs. I bench pressed one once :rolleyes: |
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| jacco vermeulen |
I say, the stands of the VPI would blend in rather nicely in my kitchen.
Stu,
i think i have Riyo Mori's telephone number somewhere here, if you're interested. |
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| Nordic |
I do like the motor sub assembly and concept... seems seperated fom main chassis... and the motors seem realy nice too... want to get better pics of the tonearm assembly too...
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| SY |
| Jacco: Only if you've got tranquilizer darts, too. One for her and one for my fearsome wife. |
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| Nordic |
P.S. you can always still get a Japanese wife... |
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| ak_47_boy |
| Looks nice, not 20k nice. DIY a better one for 2K. |
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| jacco vermeulen |
Kolashnikov automatic,
how long do you reckon would it take you to build one that looks as nice as the VPI ?
(ps : the're likely a flock of less aesthetic minded on this geek parade who have the construction drawings of La Platine Verdier. ) |
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| QSerraTico_Tico |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nordic
P.S. you can always still get a Japanese wife... |
I prefer a Japanese wife over that turntable.
I hardly play records these days.... |
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| EC8010 |
I realize it's heresy to criticize anything heavy or expensive, but:
Just what are two motors driving a common idler going to do? Those two belts will scrub as one motor fights the other. At least the original VPI had a rationale (I didn't agree with it, but it was a reason).
Four supports instead of three? Less stable.
Looks like a triumph of fashion/design over engineering principles. Doubtless some journo with a background in ignorance will love it to bits. |
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| tade |
| Only in a perfect world does a four legged table not long to be a three legged table. |
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| lordvader |
| How is this TT different to a "normal" VPI HRX, which ONLY cost about $11k ? |
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| jacco vermeulen |
The 19k is the listed price in Japan, often makes a difference.
Add some t&b to a basic HRX and you're halfway there.
| quote: | | Only in a perfect world |
A real air suspension 4-damper system under a heavy plateau, with cross interlinked pressure equalising, does not need to become a tripled. Haven't yet heard of a commercial version, though. |
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| tade |
| a heavy fast spinning flywheel turning an acrylic platter mounted to a heavy plinth which is extremely decoupled from both its supports and the motor assembly. Seem like wise design choices to me. |
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| jacco vermeulen |
| quote: | Originally posted by EC8010
Just what are two motors driving a common idler going to do? |
Better torque distribution on the flywheel.
A pulley for each motor on the shaft of the flywheel, with a locking needle bearing for limited slipping, would be a lot nicer.
(needle bearings like that are used in oil pumps of automatic transmissions)
Btw: just flashed to me that this one is listed at the same price level as Clearaudio's 6-legged battleship. |
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| EC8010 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jacco vermeulen
Better torque distribution on the flywheel. |
I don't see that? Surely, by their very nature, the synchronous motors produce synchronously pulsed torque? |
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