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VPI Prime Signature

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How do you improve on what is arguably the best-value high-end record player on the market? VPI’s solution was a range of sensible and wide-ranging enhancements that improve the deck notably without spoiling its appealing character. And so the Prime Signature was born.

The most obvious upgrade was to the plinth, which is made up of two layers of gloss MDF sandwiching an aluminium plate to maximise damping and rigidity. The deck’s four feet were upgraded to improve isolation and the motor housing

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