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"Real" Stand Alone Motor DIY SAMA for VPI HW-19

There have been many posts here from people that have bought a $400 SAMA (Stand Alone Motor Assembly) from VPI for their VPI HW-19 TT and have been pleased with the results. And, almost as many posts from people doing all sorts of things to decouple the HW-19 plinth from the base of the TT. (Since, in stock form, the motor is physically attached to the base of the turntable, if you use some method to support the plinth away from the base then you should get all the same anti-motor noise benefits as buying a SAMA from VPI.)

I did this myself a few years ago and posted photos and instructions how I used some plumbing bits to create a 3 pointed stand to hold the plinth of my HW-19 MKIII just the right height above the table so that the motor powered everything just right without the motor/base assembly being coupled to the plinth in any way.

However, I hadn't heard of anyone trying to make a DIY assembly to actually take motor off of the turntable base and build a true DIY Stand Alone Motor Assembly. I wondered if there wouldn't be some benefit with the heavy plinth mounted on the sturdy base as VPI intended.

So, this weekend I decided to build one.

As you can see, a trip to Home Depot and $8 worth of parts later I did it. A true DIY SAMA. It works fine. I'm not sure there are any benefits of doing it this way over doing it the old "decouple the plinth" way. But I'm still giving it a listen test.

This does remove virtually 100% of any vibration from the base/plinth of a HW-19 just like a real $400 SAMA.

Paul Green


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Topic - "Real" Stand Alone Motor DIY SAMA for VPI HW-19 - creativepart 15:47:04 09/10/06 (12)


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