VPI Direct Drive Turntable

Tone Audio gave the VPI direct drive table product of 2013 after one afternoon listening to it at the VPI factory.

Biggest piece of advertorial I have read and an embarrassment for Tone audio and VPI for allowing it.

I trust that the Myles Astor for Positive Feedback and the Fremer review's will be real and in depth for such an important product for VPI.

Once again, the motor in the DD is made by ThinGap and it is modified from an off the shelf unit, model TG2310.

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For those who are interested in motors here are couple videos on the ThinGap 2300 series motor.

ThinGap 2300 series stator overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Virt0gHho0

ThinGap 2300 series rotor overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQGz_quaaIs

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Thingap 2300 Series Motors - Construction Overview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeJHGgb7Reg

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The Thingap motor seems to be a modern and novel version of a traditional "coreless" motor. Several vintage Japanese turntables (e.g, Kenwood, Victor, Pioneer Exclusive), as well as originally some of the older Dual turntables, use a version of the coreless motor, and so does the Brinkmann Bardo. It has been my experience that such turntables have a very pleasing sound that is devoid of the coloration that can be (but not always is) associated with cogging of a typical DD motor. This bodes well for the VPI. But can anyone see why the Thingap motor should cost $5000? Maybe forming that copper cylinder is tricky.

Also, a laminate of alu and MDF would perform quite a bit better than either material used by itself, due to the positive effects of CLD, so I would not damn the VPI for using "MDF", per se.

Further, if VPI uses the same motor as the Caliburn, it may be regarded as a stone, cold bargain, since we know that the Caliburn is $150,000. (Just sayin'.)