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VPI Prime X Turntable with JMW 12" Unipivot Tonearm

VPI Prime X Turntable with JMW 12" Unipivot Tonearm

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VPI Prime X Turntable with JMW 12" Unipivot Tonearm

Upscale Audio is the only VPI dealer in California that is VPI Trained & Certified to handle all of your VPI needs!

The Prime turntable was the first step in a new direction for VPI. Using best practices in efficiency and lean manufacturing the Prime brought a high-performance product that punched way above its price point. The Prime featured the first of VPI turntables with a 3D Unpivot JMW tonearm as the standard production model.

​The Prime X (Extended) takes those original concepts and adds upgraded HW-40 isolation feet and the 3D-12 JMW as the standard tonearm. 

The Prime series features a chassis of black textured vinyl over MDF with an 11 gauge steel plate bonded to the underside for the ultimate in resonance control and feedback rejection. Four solid Delrin corner assemblies offer for isolation and mechanical grounding. A 300 RPM 24-pole AC synchronous motor capable of high torque and quiet operation is installed in a separate aluminum and steel machined assembly.

The inverted bearing uses a hardened stainless steel shaft, 60 Rockwell chrome hardened ball, spinning in a phosphor bronze bushing and sitting on a PEEK thrust disc. The belt side load is placed at the center of the spinning bearing for zero teeter-tooter effects.

Available Upgrades

  • ​Periphery Ring Clamp. Improves record warp reduction and the shelf life of your cartridge
  • Analog Drive System (ADS). Improves accuracy and speed adjustment
  • Reference Feet. Improves isolation and makes it even more quiet between the notes
  • Fatboy Tonearm. Gimbal or unipivot

Specifications

Tonearm
Pivot to Spindle:
300 mm
Internal Wire: VPI copper weave
Effective Length: 313 mm
Effective Mass: 10.5 g
Overhang: 13 mm
Offset Angle: 17.37 degrees
Average RMS Distortion: 0.267%

Turntable
Platter: 12" aluminum, 20 lb.
Motor: 300 RPM, 24 pole, AC synchronous motor
Wow and Flutter: 0.05%
Speed Accuracy: 0.05%
Rumble: 80 db down
Footprint: 19½" x 13¾"
Dimensions:  21⅜" x 15¾"
Weight: 44 lb.