Avenger Direct Turntable: 

The star of the just completed AV Therapy Fall 2022 marketing event was the $36,000 VPI Avenger Direct turntable. The direct-drive turntable features the company’s Fat Boy tonearm, along with Nordost wiring, and technologies developed from its Avenger series of products. In this picture, home audio industry veteran Walter Schofield is seen, “dropping the needle.”