VPI 启用3D打印机生产唱臂

Raxel

原来以为3D打印机和音响界还有些距离，没想到已经有厂商走在前面，用3D打印机生产黑胶转盘的唱臂了。而且是用在它们的旗舰转盘上，转盘连唱臂大约2万美元。如果20年后，有人问你借个喇叭回去3D扫描，复制一个，不要惊讶噢。

http://www.dvice.com/2013-4-11/high-end-audio-company-uses-3d-printer-make-better-tonearm

Over the last couple of years we've heard a lot of talk about how 3D printerswill make all kinds of products quickly and easily in the future, but so far most of the 3D printed stuff we've seen has been either cheap tchotchkes, or things that don't really work particularly well. Now, a New Jersey manufacturer of high-end turntables has chosen 3D printing because they claim it results in a product that's actually superior to one made using traditional manufacturing.

VPI Industries used the 3D printer to make the tonearm for their new flagship turntable, which will launch this weekend at the New York Audio Show. Most exotic tonearms use metals like steel, magnesium and titanium to get the optimum combination of stiffness and low weight, but VPI claims its 3D printed design gets even better results. The main catch is that unlike those little widgets that a typical 3D printer can pop out in a few minutes, each tonearm takes over 24 hours to print, which goes some way to explain the expected $20,000 asking price for the turntable and tonearm combination.

So, will it be worth all of the effort and expense? Hopefully we'll know pretty soon.

七八戒

交易区新帖推荐

这个要顶，以后会发展成为打印人体细胞、组织等，应该是一次全新的革命，将是划时代的！很多目前的理念都会因此而改变。

xaopqing

估记N年后的烧友不用上街买器材了，用个3D打印机什么都能打出来，什么马克，高文靠边站吧，嘿嘿嘿