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The VPI Prime Scout is an entry-level model in VPI's Prime range, reintroducing the best-selling Scout design with enhancements including a machined 11.5-inch aluminum platter (10.5 lbs), JMW-9 unipivot tonearm, 300 RPM AC synchronous outboard motor, improved isolation feet, and screw-down Delrin record clamp. It features a chassis of vinyl-wrapped MDF bonded to steel for stability and damping. Praised for simple setup, quiet operation, and exceptional sound quality with minimal compromises from higher models, it delivers precise speed stability, low rumble, and high performance. Upgrades available include Prime Platter, JMW-9-3D tonearm, and ADS. It is no longer a standard production model but was actively sold around 2017.
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The closest alternatives on specs, description and the systems they turn up in, with the specs they share set side by side.
The Player's wow & flutter is 0.100% against the Prime Scout's 0.080%, its effective mass 10.6 g against 10.2 g, and its platter weight 3.18 kg (7 lbs) against 4.8 kg (11 lbs). Both share effective length (240.7 mm).
Both turn up in the same documented systems.
The Scout 21's platter weight is 4.54 kg (10 lbs) against the Prime Scout's 4.8 kg (11 lbs) and its effective length 229 mm against 240.7 mm. Both share wow & flutter (0.080%) and platter material (Aluminum).
The Scout's platter weight is 8.16 kg (18 lbs) against the Prime Scout's 4.8 kg (11 lbs). Both share wow & flutter (0.080%), effective mass (10.2 g), and effective length (240.7 mm).
Both turn up in the same documented systems.
The RPM-9SE Carbon's wow & flutter is 0.100% against the Prime Scout's 0.080%, its effective mass 8 g against 10.2 g, its platter weight 7.2 kg (16 lbs) against 4.8 kg (11 lbs), and its effective length 230 mm against 240.7 mm.
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