VPI Super Platter - where is it?

I have had the Aries I (original platter), the Scoutmaster with the acrylic platter (then the Super Platter) not in theory, or at someone else's house, or at a dealer, and the Classic (which I now own) blows them away. No contest. Maybe the "ringing" from the aluminum platter adds to the experience, but the rig sounds better. It's faster, more balanced, easier to set up, with much greater range. It's a great table.

$2500, thank you very much. I'm done with turntable testing for a long, long time.

The aluminum platters are here because the quality acrylic is gettig harder to find. This topic has been discussed here berfore.

Srwooten, I buy acrylic on a constant basis. The manufacturer makes custom size sheets for me. The price has gone up considerably over the past two years but I have no problem obtaining quality acrylic.
Are the people making comments about "finding quality acrylic" manufacturers or audiophiles?

The new platter is very heavy and therefore, cannot be made out of only aluminum. It is heavily damped internally. I am impressed by Macdadtexas' comment and his "proper" a/b. Nuff said!

The only problem I have with the Classic is that it contradicts all the things VPI has been saying is important, such as having the motor mounted separately from the table or rim drive. It appears to have a good deal more in common with the HW 19 than more recent tables. I do not doubt that it sounds "different" from the Aries. I disposed of my early TNT just before getting my Aries 2 but they sounded quite different. The question I have is there an evolutionary path that they have been following or are they on an entirely new path. If the Classic "blows away" the Aries it presumably does that to the TNT also, so why offer a $12000 table if the $2500 one is better. As a VPI dealer these questions are of considerable importance to me. I love Harry but so far he has not made it clear what they themselves intend the internal hierarchy of their tables to be.