VPI Superscoutmaster turntable with JMW-9 Signature tonearm (FREE US mainland Ground S&H)

SKU: VPISUPERSM

$5,500.00

FREE US mainland Ground S&H on VPI Superscoutmaser turntable

After 27 years in the turntable business and the release of the VPI HR-X, Harry Weisfeld thought that they had seen and done everything. Then one day while listening to the VPI Scoutmaster and enjoying its glorious sound quality, a question popped into Harry Weisfeld's head: "What could we do to make it better?" Thus came the epiphany. The end result was to cross the VPI Scoutmaster and the HR-X thereby producing the VPI SuperScoutmaster. The Super Scoutmaster uses the most accurate motor drive in the business, the HR-X system. The massive flywheel and dual motor drive controlled by the revolutionary SDS power supply gives the smoothest rotation in the business. You can almost say that if your expensive table doesn't have a flywheel driving it, why is it so expensive?

The finishing touches are the specially designed, totally non-resonant laminated chassis and the periphery ring clamp. The ring clamp lowers warp induced speed variaions to near zero making the combination of HR-X flywheel drive and perfectly level record sound like a master tape.

Before you purchase any expensive table you must compare the facts. Does it have a flywheel drive? Does it have a warp flattening system? Does it have an inverted bearing running on a silent Teflon surface? Does the speed control come from a state of he art power supply? The VPI Super Scountmaster turntable has all of these and more.

See Harry Pearson’s rave review in the Dec/Jan 2005 issue of The Absolute Sound.

“Now here is a surprise. This, the third generation of Harry Weisfeld’s “Scout” series, borders on greatness! In its first form, it was certainly the best buy among American LP playback devices. And if you consider what you will get for extra money in this hot-rod version, the “Super” makes a fine long term investment!” — Absolute Sound Editor’s Choice Award Winner, Issue 150.

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Comparison of VPI Scout, Scoutmaster and Superscoutmaster turntables

	VPI	VPI	VPI
ITEM	SCOUT	SCOUTMASTER	SUPERSCOUTMASTER

SONIC QUALITIES	Class B rated by Stereophile	Quiter, deeper bass, greater speed stability	World class excellence

PLATTER SIZE	1.375” height x 11.55” diameter	1.750” height x 12.25” diameter	1.750” height x 12.25” diameter
PLATTER MATERIAL	Clear Acrylic	Clear Acrylic	Clear Acrylic
AC MOTOR TYPE	12 pole 600 RPM in suqare housing	24 pole 300 RPM in larger square housing	2- 24 pole 300 RPM motors + 12 lbs Flywheel
BELTS	Clear	Black Nitrile	4 - Black Nitrile
RECORD CLAMP	One piece black delrin	One piece black delrin	HR-X periphery and center weight
INVERTED BEARING	Self-lubricating	Self-lubricating and 30% longer	Self-lubricating and 30% longer
RING CLAMP	Will not fit	Optional	Standard
FEET	Aries cones	Aries cones	Aries cones
CHASSIS	Single layer + steel	Dual layer + steel	Dual layer + steel
SPEEDS	33, 45 78 Optional	33, 45 78 Not available	33, 45 78 Not available
POWER CORD	Removable	Removable	Removable
TONEARM	JMW-9	JMW-9 + .375” RISER	JMW-9 Signature + .375” RISER
AUDIO CONNECTIONS	Gold plated RCA	Gold plated RCA	Gold plated RCA
ARM BEARING	Precision Unipivot	Precision Unipivot	Precision Unipivot
EXTRA ARMWANDS	Available	Available	Available
DUSTCOVER	Optional	Optional	Optional
SDS POWER SUPPLY	Optional	Optional	Standard
SHIPPING WEIGHT	38 lbs.	55 lbs.	101 lbs.
SIZE	19”W x 14”D x 7”H	19”W x 14”D x 9”H	22”W x 14”D x 9”H
PRICE	$1,650.00	$2,500.00	$5,500.00

Fast and every thing as expected.

Good cartridge

I had a hard time finding this Stylus. Finally found it at KP Tunes, price was good and it came quickly. Worked so well I bought another as a backup

Unfortunately the belt was not correct, but LP Tunes made it right

The belt was thinner than the OEM belt, and ran at 32.1 rpm, I contacted LP Tunes and the refunded my payment this morning.

Great service. Hopefully they will review their belts for the Roksan Radius and in future they will work accurately. Can’t ask for more than this though, they cannot own every turntable.

Exactly the item that I was looking for.

Product fits and sounds very good.

Great product, great price!

Picked up a new turntable to match my other AT-LP120, an excellent product. Thanks to LP Tunes for the responsive customer service and free shipping!

Great product

Works great ..as advertised!

Does exactly what it is supposed to do, and does it well

I was looking for a turntable to transfer a couple hundred vinyl records to digital format. Since whatever setup I used for the transfer would be how I heard all those LPs from now to forever, it seemed to make sense to avoid cheaping out. OTOH, it's not worth it to me to spend thousands of dollars on an esoteric audiophile turntable. We already have a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Evo turntable in the living area with the stereo, but I didn't want to commandeer that unit for transfer purchases,. That unit wins all the awards for "best under $1000 setup", but I'd need an external phono preamp and A/D converter, pushing the total cost to over $1k. The AT-LP120XUSB is less expensive and includes everything needed to connect to the PC, so it was an attractive option.

After reading a bunch of reviews of various turntables, I came to the conclusion that I was overthinking it and just went with this model. This turns out to be the right choice for my purposes. Once I had it set up I compared it directly with the Pro-ject unit, and the differences were subtle, if there were any audible differences at all. It works, it sounds good, and seems quite durable.

PROS:
o Setup is straightforward, since the TT, tonearm, headshell, cartridge, and stylus were all engineered together.
o The included stock AT-VM95E cartridge/stylus is well regarded and allows for an easy upgrade if you want a better stylus.
o Solidly built in the tradition of the Technics 1200 that it is modeled after.
o Professional quality internal phono preamp and A/D converter.
o Sounds basically identical to a unit twice the price
o Does basically everything it's supposed to do, and does it well.
o Since it's a DJ turntable, it should hold a good resale value - once I'm done digitizing the records I have I'm probably done with it so I might sell it at that point.

CONS:
o If you try to use both the USB and analog line out simultaneously there's a prominent high pitched whine - the engineers did not adequately isolate the two from ground loops - while this is a disappointment to me, there are easy work-arounds and few people are going to connect both.
o It's fully manual, so perhaps not the best choice if you just want to play records.
o If you have a receiver with a phono preamp, you don't need the internal one or the A/D converter so you'll be paying for things you don't use
o Your audiophile buddies will not be impressed.

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