VPI Scoutmaster Super Platter

VPI has discontinued the 'super platter' and replaced it with an all alumnium platter which includes the inverted bearing. Don't have full details. VPI needs to give some explanation of why the new platter, weighting less, will be better then the 'super'. I think two steps back has been taken. Oh, the price of the new platter is 800, before trade in of 200. Seems Harry has been listening to his customers with this new pricing.

Audio company's explanations almost always sound good. That's why we went rim drive to belt drive to direct drive to belt drive to rim drive, all of which had good explanations. Every few years we convince ourselves that the prior "generation" were fools. And buy new stuff. And then realize we were uninformed idiots when a new theory gets picked up in the audiophile press and ad copy (where you can distinguish them). And sure enough, need to buy new stuff.

We don't need an explanation. We need to listen to it.

I added the Super Platter to my Aries 3 which also had the thick acrylic platter, periphery ring and center weight. I did notice additional reduction of noise floor and blacker background. I wouldn't describe the difference as "huge", but was noticeable.

But now Buconero117 has peaked my curiosity about this aluminum platter. I too think some explanation is in order. Does anyone know more about this? I don't find anything on the website. But there is a conspicuous lack of information about the Super Platter on the website. Maybe it's already pulled?