Pro-Ject X1 Hi-Fi Turntable with Pro-Ject Pick-IT S2 MM Cartridge (White)

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The Debut Pro is a celebration of 30 years of Pro-Ject Audio making quality turntable for the market. And it's release comes just a year after the Debut Carbon Evo which was a Debut Carbon DC with some brilliant new features and finishes. Besides durability, anyone who is planning to upgrade their gear in the long run and doesn’t want to be limited to certain options should consider the Project X1. Who Should Get Rega Planar 3 (And Why)?

Balance the tonearm by turning the counterweight until the tonearm itself is level. You want it to be about even with the platter—not too high, not too low. Be careful to not damage your stylus since you have removed the stylus guard.The Debut Pro produces a stable and controlled sound too, one that retains its composure even when the music becomes dense and demanding.

This Pro-Ject is terrific at digging deep into the production and revealing layers of instrumental textures that most at this level ignore. As part of the demonstrations, we were also teased with an X1 vs Debut Pro shoot out. This post is all about that shootout Finally I have heard a turntable that does not pretend to be warm, that does not fake precise mass construction, but plays holistically, evenly. AB31, AB32, AB33, AB34, AB35, AB36, AB37, AB38, AB41, AB42, AB43, AB44, AB45, AB46, AB47, AB48, AB49, AB50, AB51, AB52, AB53, AB54, AB55, AB56

The X line in contrast aims at another objective. With the X1 you get a nearly perfect budget audiophile turntable out of the box. The sound itself is more neutral and balanced & it requires a better amplifier and better speakers to get the best possible sound. The X1‘s luxury 8 layers of painting and the hand-polished finish are 3-4 times more expensive than simple foils.” Perhaps most striking about its character is the surprisingly wide window that it opens up on the recording. If you’re used to entry-level digital, for example, you’ll be really surprised by just how ‘out of the box’ this sounds. For example, my 12” white vinyl pressing of Too Strong for So Longby Manixsounded expansive, with an upfront feel that saw the drum machine pushing out hard into the room, allied to wonderfully deep sub-bass that had my curtains flapping. The X1 set the scene really well for a budget turntable, floating the sound way beyond the physical boundaries of my loudspeakers. Vocals dominated the centre of the mix, giving things even more impact. There was decent stage depth too, especially when compared to budget digital that tends to render music only in two dimensions. The Rega Planar 3 is quite close to the Project X1 in terms of general audio quality. Yet, it has its advantages and disadvantages against the X1. IV1, IV2, IV3, IV4, IV5, IV6, IV7, IV8, IV9, IV10, IV11, IV12, IV13, IV14, IV15, IV16, IV17, IV18, IV19, IV20, IV21, IV22, IV23, IV24, IV25, IV26, IV27, IV28, IV29, IV30, IV31, IV32, IV33, IV34, IV35, IV36, IV37, IV38, IV39, IV40, IV41, IV42, IV43, IV44, IV45, IV46, IV47, IV48, IV49, IV50, IV51, IV52, IV53, IV54, IV55, IV56, IV57, IV58, IV59, IV60, IV61, IV62, IV63, IV64, IV65, IV66, IV67, IV68, IV69, IV70, IV71, IV72, IV73, IV74, IV75, IV76, IV77, IV78, IV79, IV80, IV81, IV82, IV83, IV84, IV85, IV86, IV87, IV88, IV89, IV90, IV91, IV92, IV93, IV94, IV95, IV96, IV97, IV98, IV99

According to the manufacturer Pro-Ject, the new Phono Box RS2 is their most sophisticated phono preamplifier to date.

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The tonearm uses a carbon and aluminium sandwich construction for super rigidity. The stiffer a tonearm is the more effectively it carries the sound, undistorted to the next stage in the signal. A further high-end feature is the TPE damped counterweight – helping to reduce resonance distortion still further. This one features a simple turntable that is remarkably sleek all the while being sturdy and stable to provide you with a unique audio fidelity.