NEWS / UPCOMING PRODUCTS

July 2023 - Groovetracer announces the release of a new subplatter model for the RP6, Planar 6, and Planar 8 turntable. Please click here for more information.

January 2022 - Groovetracer announces the release of an upgrade package for the Planar 8 turntable. The package includes a Delrin platter, P8 Reference subplatter, tonearm shim (with longer screws) and spindle bushing. You can see it here.

September 2020 - 

Groovetracer Products full review featured in "The Absolute Sound" October 2020 issue.

Read the full review here.

Excerpt from review written by Wayne Garcia. (Regarding Reference subplatter)

"Thanks to Groovetracer’s detailed instructions one can swap things out in five minutes or so, and the resulting improvements are immediate and obvious to hear.

Put on any record you’re in the mood for, say, the 50th Anniversary edition of Abbey Road, and from the moment your stylus touches down “Come Together” jumps to life as it hadn’t before."

Excerpt from review written by Wayne Garcia. (Regarding Delrin Platter)

"With the Delrin platter in place all of the sonic improvements mentioned above jumped up another notch, especially in areas of air and focus."

Excerpt from review written by Wayne Garcia. (Regarding Record weight & Counterweight)

“Although the improvements bought with the Subplatter and Platter were the most impressive, either initially or down the road I would also recommend Groovetracer’s Record Weight and Universal Counterweight, both of which added further to the overall improvements in resolution, dynamic range, air, texture, bottom-end weight, high-frequency extension, and musical expressiveness I’ve described here.”

December 2017 - Groovetracer turntable.

The new Groovetracer turntable featuring an all new inverted bearing design, mass loaded delrin platter, and Audiomods tonearm (shown with micrometer VTA adjuster).  Any Rega tonearm can also be used. A VTA adjustment tower is built in to the armboard for Rega tonearms.

It can be ordered as a complete turntable in the USA and Canada. The plinth (machined from Delrin) can be purchased separately (Worldwide) so you can build your own turntable using a Rega motor and Rega tonearm. It also accepts a Rega bearing assembly and Groovetracer bearing assembly.

The current armboard offering is for Rega style tonearms with spindle to pivot distance of 222mm.

All Groovetracer products are compatible with the plinth, as are most Rega components, so if you already own a few Groovetracer products, and/or a Rega turntable, you can transfer those components to this plinth and build your own turntable. Everything is plug and play. Assembly is very simple.

The plinth accommodates a single tonearm or two tonearms (as shown below)

White version below, shown with two tonearms.

July 2015 -Universal counterweight assembly.

This new offering looks exactly the same as the previous design but the main advantage is in its flexibility. The new assembly will balance all cartridges from 5-15 grams. It offers the user three different counterweight options depending on which pair of interchangeable stainless steel weights are installed on the aluminum body.

The three options are 110gm, 130gm, and 150gm. These three options were previously sold separately. This new assembly significantly lowers the cost to the customer while increasing both performance and flexibility.

It comes furnished with 3 pairs of stainless steel weights, stainless mounting hardware, an allen wrench, and a stainless steel end stub. A black or silver anodized aluminum body is also supplied. Orders are now being shipped.

Please go here for more information.

The retail cost is $199.00

April 2014 - Groovetracer® record weight.

Groovetracer® is now manufacturing a record weight.

The Groovetracer record weight is precision machined from a solid billet of stainless steel.  The concentrated mass couples the record directly to the platter and eliminates stylus chatter to provide tighter bass and an overall increase in resolution.

The mass (1 pound/450gms) of the stainless steel record weight provides critical dampening and will also tame mild record warps.

Please go here for more information.

Retail price $125.00

Click image to enlarge. (Groovetracer record weight)

July 2012 - RP6 Reference subplatter.

Groovetracer® is manufacturing an upgraded subplatter assembly for the RP6. This is a direct drop in replacement for the two piece phenolic resin subplatter featured on the current RP6 turntable model.  

The Groovetracer® reference subplatter assembly for the RP6 not only features a main hub precision machined from solid billet aluminum, but in addition, a dampening disc is fixed to the bottom of the aluminum hub to eliminate any micro vibration or ringing between the three subplatter and glass platter contact points.

This specific subplatter assembly is designed to be used with the RP6 glass platter, however, any of the other Groovetracer subplatters and platters can be installed (when used in combination) on the RP6 as well.

Groovetracer follows on with the same jewel bearing design offered in the best selling Reference subplatter model featuring a sapphire thrust plate which is bonded to the bottom of the hardened steel (RC 62) bearing shaft, and a zirconia (ZrO2) bearing ball. A polished stainless steel record spindle is fitted to the top of the hub to complete the assembly.

Furthermore, the record spindle is decoupled from the main bearing shaft thereby eliminating any vibrational transfer from the thrust point to the playing surface.

Improvements over the stock unit include a (quieter) lower noise floor due to lower friction created by the jeweled bearing. This in turn allows inner detail and overall ambient retrieval to be fully realized. Speed stability is further improved due to the close tolerance (concentricity) of the bearing shaft and hub assembly.

No adjustments to the turntable are required following installation which takes less than five minutes to perform.

This newest subplatter model designed specifically for the RP6 is now shipping.

Please go here for more information.

December 2011

Groovetracer® is now manufacturing Delrin platters for Rega turntables. Delrin offers excellent transparency with well balanced top to bottom frequency response.  The platter will be offered in two different colors, black and white.

Mass is 5 pounds 3 ounces, (2.35kg.)

August 2011

All Groovetracer® products are compatible with the new Rega RP3 turntable model.

August 2009

A beautifully machined stainless steel endstub will now be shipped with every counterweight purchase. This will ensure a precise fit of the endstub with the counterweight assembly.

Groovetracer® will not be selling endstubs separately at this time. They will only be included with the purchase of a counterweight.

December 2008

We have added a 110 gram counterweight for customers using low mass cartridges.

November 2008

There are now three different subplatter models available from Groovetracer®.  All three models are currently in stock and ready to ship.

September 2007

The Groovetracer® acrylic platter has been slightly redesigned to carry even more mass than the original design. It is now being machined to 26mm thick. The main reason for going thicker came from the realization that the supplier of the raw material could no longer deliver the stock required to make the 24mm thick platter, and rather than go to a thinner design and make a platter with less mass, the decision was made to go to the next larger stock thickness to slightly increase mass. This slight increase in mass results in a platter weighing 4.5 pounds that precisely matches the weight of the Rega glass platter.

The previous 24mm thick platter was very close to the exact same weight as the 12mm thick Rega glass platter so the new design will result in no loss in mass at all. For example, the mass or specific gravity of acrylic is only 1.2, whereas glass is 2.4 which simply means that any acrylic platter under 24mm thick will result in a loss of rotational mass.

June 2006

Groovetracer® has taken their original subplatter design to an even higher level of performance by mounting a sapphire to the load bearing surface of the bearing axle to provide an ultra low friction interface with the Zirconia ball bearing.

In simple terms this translates to a lower noise floor which in turn results in a blacker background for the musical information to evolve. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness so the life of the bearing assembly also increases. This means you can enjoy trouble free performance from your turntable for many years to come .

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