DPS/Ayre Turntable does anyone know anything

Mike,

I guess I really can't tell the difference between the German and English anymore. I can read both fluently ;)

Anyway, that is the official website. Soundscape in Singapore has some pretty good info up as well:

Soundscape DPS info

US$9000 is pretty good if this includes Ayre's 3-phase powersupply. The DPS 2 sold before for around $7000 with 2 phase powersupply and modded Rega arm and for around US$11500 with 3-phase powersupply.

The only change seems to be Ayre's powersupply, the rest of the table used to be available in this form already. The Rega arm is pretty good modification, although I do prefer a Schroeder arm on the DPS, which will up the price by another few $k.

Hope this helps.

As MMike84 noted, we are preparing the first batch of turntables for production. We have finalized all the details of the new power supply design and they should be ready to ship to the dealers by early August.

The main impetus for designing a different power supply was simply to reduce the cost. We felt that the existing 3-phase unit was too expensive to sell well in the US, especially given the weak dollar. We have sent a prototype for Willi to compare against the original 3-phase supply, but he has been too busy with a show in the UK to have a chance to listen to it yet. (However, it is clearly better sounding than the 2-phase unit that we have in-house.)

Even though the official DPS website is in German, they have the Hi-Fi+ review (in English) of the DPS that includes both the 2-phase and 3-phase power supplies.

We will stock the turntable with the DPS/Rega arm. It will also be available pre-drilled for other arms, but these will be special orders with a wait involved. Final pricing is yet to be determined.

Charles, thanks for the helpful update. And again congratulations on picking one of the best tables around for your lineup. Everyone I have had over to listen to the DPS was always highly impressed.

I am looking forward to hearing your 3 phase power supply. Any chance it will be offered as an upgrade option separately?

With best wishes,

Rene

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Yes, but we will have to work out the details. One issue is that the drive level of each phase is adjustable. By carefully trimming the drive levels to each phase, the motor vibration is significantly reduced.

So maybe we will be able to figure out a way for the end user to do this. Another possibility is that you would send your motor to the factory so that the power supply could be properly adjusted to optimize it.

Give us a while to figure this out -- we're still just getting started with the whole project.

Nice review of the Ayre/DPS by Art Dudley in the latest Stereophile...