VPI Industries
Avenger Direct
Introduced 2022$40,000 MSRP
The Avenger Direct is VPI's flagship direct-drive turntable, grafting the direct-drive motor technology from the company's HW-40 Anniversary model onto the flexible three-tower "sandbox" chassis of the Avenger series, allowing up to three tonearms to be mounted simultaneously. It ships standard with VPI's 3D-printed 12" Fatboy Gimbal tonearm and Nordost Reference internal wiring.
MSRP
$40,000
Used market · Excellent
$28,000est.
-30% vs MSRP
as of Sep 17, 2026MSRP to used market
From $40,000 at launch to $28,000 today (estimated).
Specifications
- Speeds
- 33⅓ and 45 RPM
- Platter
- 12" aluminum, 25 lbs (11 kg), machined from solid billet 6061 aluminum
- Warranty
- 10 years
- Drive type
- Direct drive, PMAC (permanent-magnet AC) motor
- Drive system
- Direct drive
- Motor torque
- 2.68 Nm/sec
- Total weight
- 60–70 lbs depending on configuration
- Published price
- 40000 USD
- Speed monitoring
- 2,500 pulses/revolution
- Tonearm included
- JMW-12 Fatboy Gimbal, full gimbal bearing, effective length 313 mm, effective mass 12.5 g
- Overall dimensions
- 22" × 17" × 10" (55.9 × 43.2 × 25.4 cm)
- Chassis composition
- Aluminum and machined acrylic sandwich, triple lamination with internal damping
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