* The motor and platter/plinth must be on their own
sand damped isolation platform.
Not true with the air suspended VPI turntable. I have my HR-X sitting on a standard rack. You can rap on the shelf and no sound is heard through the speakers with the volume turned more than half way up. If that does not produce any noise through the system, then how in the world is motor noise going to be audible. My table is dead quiet. I have owned several models of the TNT. There has never been audible noise from the motor or flywheel on any of them that could be heard from the speakers. My system is capable of high resolution and if it was making noise such as you claim, I would think I would have heard it.
As an aside, no turntable including the Rockport, the Walker and the Verdier is perfect. They all have some sort of compromise.
VPI produces an excellent product. If you don't like it that is fine. However, it sounds like you have some sort of axe to grind.
sand damped isolation platform.
Not true with the air suspended VPI turntable. I have my HR-X sitting on a standard rack. You can rap on the shelf and no sound is heard through the speakers with the volume turned more than half way up. If that does not produce any noise through the system, then how in the world is motor noise going to be audible. My table is dead quiet. I have owned several models of the TNT. There has never been audible noise from the motor or flywheel on any of them that could be heard from the speakers. My system is capable of high resolution and if it was making noise such as you claim, I would think I would have heard it.
As an aside, no turntable including the Rockport, the Walker and the Verdier is perfect. They all have some sort of compromise.
VPI produces an excellent product. If you don't like it that is fine. However, it sounds like you have some sort of axe to grind.