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  • VPI’s 40th year special… the HW-40, only 400 units

VPI’s 40th year special… the HW-40, only 400 units

October 23, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by The Editor

FORTY years in the business of making mostly turntables… and what better way to celebrate it than with something extra special, like a direct-drive unit. Yes, it’s the just-launched VPI 40th Anniversary turntable, the HW-40.

This, of course, isn’t VPI’s first direct-drive model, its DNA coming from the limited edition Classic Direct a few years ago. The HW-40 is also a limited run model – only 400 are being made – but at US$15,000, it is half the price of the older model.

Among the features of the HW-40 as given by VPI are:

– Newest version of the 12-inch gimbal 3D printed Fat-Boy arm with triangular to circular resonance canceling design. The gimbal uses made-in-Japan ABEC 9 bearings for ultra-low friction.

– The VTA design allows finer adjustment via a more robust machined aluminium and steel knob.

– Tonearm has an adjustable counterweight on a threaded shaft for fast and perfectly accurate VTF setting.

– Removable, machined aluminium arm-board.

– The chassis top, front, and back are made from solid 6061 aluminium, painted textured black and damped internally with an MDF dampening plate.

– Limited-edition gloss wood sides.

– Start, 33rpm and 45ppm buttons.

– Internal power supply and control circuitry, no add-on boxes.

– Removable platter for easier shipping.

– Removable hinged dust cover.

VPI offers some notes on the HW-40 Direct Drive motor:

“The HW-40 motor coils are constructed of a solid copper square cross-section wire embedded in a composite structure. This facilitates a high-precision high-efficiency motor. The motor has high torque, excellent cooling, and near optimal interaction with electromagnetic conductors within the magnetic rotor circuit.

The motor’s unique iron-less coil assembly avoids the use of magnetic materials. Combined with overlapping V-shaped coil construction, the HW-40 motor eliminates the cogging that accompanies traditional direct-drive motors.

The HW-40 direct drive system achieves 93% efficiency and a torque of 2.68 Nm/sec. It can accelerate the 25-pound platter assembly to full speed and decelerate to a stop in one second.

Mechanically, the HW-40 motor assembly is milled from a solid billet of 6061 aluminium. Precision mated to the rotor, the stator and platter bearing create an integrated drive system minimising vibration and noise. The motor assembly uses a five-point mounting to secure it to the top panel.”

So, what are you waiting for to snag a piece of this unique pie…?

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