Music Thing: The Vestax Guber Cube-T CM-01

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new pro music gear that's coming out these days. Last week it was
Live6's new PODxt Live, this week it's Vestax's new Güber Cube-T CM-01 turntable:

Warning: At the end of this article, you're going to be really, really annoyed.

So, you know the guy. He was a bedroom DJ in the 90s, running a little club night. Now he's making £££ working in marketing or sponsorship or whatever. He lives in a nice flat with his girlfriend, so he's not allowed to have pair of Technics and a mixer in the living room. But he's still got 1,000 records in the spare bedroom. That's right, I'm talking about you.

What you need is a great-looking DJ turntable that will look good next to that collection of Wallpaper* back-issues.
And now you?ve found one. Vestax?s ?G?ber Cube-T CM-01? suddenly makes playing vinyl records seem a lot more appealing than iPod DJing or scratching beats from an SD card on your Technics SLDZ-1200. It?s has similar specs to the bog-standard Technics SL1200, but looks like a piece of high-end Swiss scientific equipment (in the best possible way).
It
has an enamelled metal body, in black or white. The platter is made from clear plexiglass balanced on brass spikes,
and there?s a discreet rotary pitch control and a built-in phono preamp. It?s going to look particularly fly with a Cadillac slipmat from http://www.sicmats.com/

The UK price hasn?t been confirmed, but Vestax say it should sell for about ?400, which seems very reasonable,
considering you can still get ?500 for a pair of Technics on Ebay.

So what?s stopping you from rushing out to buy one? There?s one small, but significant problem. Bafflingly, the Cube is limited edition. Limited to 50 worldwide. So Pete Tong is getting one, but you ain?t.