Has VPI quit supporting the HW series turntable ?

VPI is the kind of company that will support their products as long as they can. As far as I know they still sell the HW-19 MK III and Mk IV new. Just recently they changed the Mk IV upgrade kit to include the Aries Black Knight platter thereby dropping the price of the kit by $200! Don't worry about it!

Whew! Thanks Pmotz. My blood pressure just went down 50 points.

Thanks for your help. I found it hard to buy into the idea. It originated with a dealer trying to sell me a new table.

The word from Mike at VPI service" We are no longer manufacturing the HW-19 series turntable ". Who is going to pick up the customer base? Who will buy from a company that drops its customers without so much as a @!&**> ^%&%$ !!

Just because they they decide to no longer manufacture the HW-19 series does not mean that they will no longer service them. I doubt very much that Harry Weisfeld would not want to service these turntables of which I imagine there are many thousands out in service. My guess is that it may not make sense to to keep selling the HW series now that they have the Scout and Aries which are priced at a similar price point. BTW,I used to own an HW19MK1V and it was a fine table for the money.