VPI Dragon Turntable & 10" 3D Gimbal Tonearm (Red Leather)

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Preorder

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Backordered

An Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.

Awaiting Repress

Awaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. No ETA is available at this time.

Expected On

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Special Order

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Description

This product can only be shipped to U.S. addresses.

Designed to bring out the absolute best in your vinyl collection, the Dragon will transport you to the studio where the music was recorded. Every single detail of this high-end turntable has been engineered with superior technologies and beautiful custom features to create an excellent sound stage, engaging dynamics and pure audio playback that draws you in with each listen.

To capture even the most subtle nuances of the recording and ensure you hear every note, the Dragon's high-torque AC synchronous motor is housed in a mechanically separate enclosure. This, combined with integrated motor electronics and a unique triple-belt drive system, keeps motor vibrations from entering the audio signal, so all that you hear is the record.

The Dragon includes the following:

10" 3D Gimbal Tonearm
Integrated motor-drive electronics, comprising two low-distortion oscillators and class-AB electronics
Optimized drive system with mechanically isolated enclosure and triple-belt drive
High-torque AC synchronous motor
Stainless steel shaft spinning in an inverted phosphor bronze bushing
Precision-machined pulley and triple-belt drive system
Highly damped, vinyl-wrapped MDF and aluminum sandwich main chassis
Machined Delrin and aluminum feet with a vibration-damping polymer core
VTA Tower for VTA/SRA on the fly
Platter machined from solid aluminum with an MDF damping layer rotates on an inverted bearing
12" Aluminum, 20lbs
Outboard 300 RPM, 24 pole, AC Synchronous Motor
HW-40 Isolation feet which offer improved isolation and better mechanical grounding

Technical Specifications

Motor pulley	has an accuracy of +/- .0005" when leaving factory.
Wow and flutter	.05%
Speed Accuracy	.05%
Rumble	80 dB down
Footprint	21" x 15.9"
Overall Size	21 3/8" x 15 3/4"
Total weight	58 lbs

The Tonearm

Pivot to spindle: 258 mm
Effective length: 273.4 mm
Effective mass: 10.2g
Overhang: 15.4 mm
Offset angle: 19.98 degrees
Average RMS distortion: 0.31%
Internal wiring: VPI Copper Weave
New design, 3D-printed, one-piece body for the ultimate in resonance control.
Easy setting of VTA/SRA in thousandths of an inch, calibrated and repeatable
Adjustable anti-skate.

Available Upgrades:

Stainless Steel Outer Periphery Ring Clamp for the ultimate in record warp reduction
Fatboy Tonearm (Gimbaled or Unipivot)
Reference feet - Improves isolation and makes it even more quiet between the notes.