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Turntables / source / USA

VPI Industries

VPI Industries makes turntables and tonearms in New Jersey. Its record players are represented in a venue with several analogue playback paths.

Design & approach

Sheila and Harry Weisfeld founded VPI in 1978. The company’s account follows its development from record-care equipment into turntables, with an emphasis on manufacture and continuing product development. A VPI deck’s arm and cartridge remain distinct choices in the venue’s complete analogue chain.

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Oakland / United States

Bar Shiru ↗

Equipment in use

Bar Shiru lists VPI in its source / playback setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

  • Turntables: SME20 with Series iv vi arm; SuperScoutmaster with JMW Memorial arm (SME / VPI)

Inside the system

Bar Shiru combines Line Magnetic 812-LM Altec Iconic horns, DeVore O93 Orangutans and three pairs of Dynaudio X18 speakers. Amplification includes Line Magnetic 805-IA and 34-IA valve integrateds plus three Parasound Halo A23+ amplifiers. The inventory spans several speaker and amplifier types; individual channel assignments are not specified. The vinyl front end includes an SME20 and a VPI SuperScoutmaster with JMW arm, Ortofon 2M Black cartridges, Line Magnetic LP-33 phono stages and a custom Isonoe ISO420 rotary mixer. The combination gives record playback a substantial dedicated signal chain before it reaches the room’s multiple speaker positions.

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Milwaukie / United States

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Equipment listed

VPI Industries equipment is recorded in this venue’s system. This does not imply that the manufacturer designed or installed the system.

  • Tonearms: JMW9
  • Turntables: Scout

Inside the system

A three-way horn system combines RCA MI-9462 bass horns, Altec 1505 multicells with JBL 375 drivers, and JBL 077 tweeters. University C15W woofers load the RCA cabinets; an in-house passive crossover joins the sections. JJ Electronic 323 amplification and a JJ 243 preamplifier serve a VPI Scout with JMW9 arm and a modified Marantz CD-4000. Cartridges vary, so no single cartridge model is assigned to the installation.

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