VPI Avenger Direct turntable launched in UK

NEWS
hi-fi+ Staff
Jun 21, 2022

The new VPI Avenger Direct turntable marries the best of VPI’s direct drive technology with an Avenger Series chassis to create a precise and versatile high-performance turntable. Following its successful unveiling at the High End Show in Munich, the Avenger Direct is now available in the U.K.

*From the VPI news release

The new turntable is equipped with the renowned VPI Fatboy tonearm and offers additional versatility as it can also be fitted with up to two additional tonearms of any length and make. It also features self-correcting speed accuracy, which together with the Fatboy’s VTA calibration precision, ensures that a high-performance setup is easier than ever. The direct drive technology is the same as that used in the VPI HW-40 Anniversary turntable and the 33⅓ and 45rpm functionality ensures the vinyl is ready to spin at the press of a beautifully engineered button.

The chassis is composed of three layers of bonded acrylic/aluminium/acrylic, with damping material between layers, locked in by three isolation steel corner posts, three bolts, and a massive bearing assembly. The corner posts which hold the tonearms have adjustable machined knobs giving the user the ability to easily raise and lower the height to level the table. Fully adjustable armboards are made from 5/8” 6061 aluminium for rigidity and grounding. The Avenger Direct also features the same isolation as found in the VPI Titan turntable with pneumatic air suspension feet.

John Carroll, owner of VPI’s UK and Ireland distributor, Renaissance Audio, said: ‘The Avenger Direct is a carefully designed turntable featuring premium technologies from the VPI portfolio. Its smooth operation, outstanding performance and versatility will ensure that it is popular with our vinyl-loving customers.’

Key features: Fatboy tonearm, Nordost Reference wire, direct drive motor, VTA base on the fly, internal circuitry and power, made in the USA, five-year warranty.

Technical specifications: Chassis composition: acrylic, aluminium acrylic, 12″ aluminium platter (25 lb/11kg), JMW-12- Fatboy gimbal tonearm, 2.68 Nm/sec motor torque, one second start/stop time, 2,500 pulses/revolution speed monitoring, Star/Stop Time: 1 second.

Dimensions: 22″ x 17″ x 10″/55.9cm x 43.2cm x 25.4 overall size, 60lb/27kg total weight