Pro-Ject X1-B Series Turntable Piano Black
The X1 carbon tonearm uses even more precise bearings. You want freedom of movement, but tight tolerances to avoid bearing vibration. Our super stiff, perfectly tempered Carbon/Alu sandwich construction tonearm is incredibly light and stiff, with improved resistance to external interference. Finished as a one-piece with no resonance inducing headshell, the Project X1 can be set for VTA and azimuth adjustment. The tonearm is then suppled with a TPE-damped counterweight, further reducing cartridge-tonearm resonances.
We added height-adjustable feet in their Alu/TPE sandwich construction that are a very exclusive but necessary feature to level up the turntable and effectively isolate it from the surface it is placed on. The X1B also introduces the beginning of a balanced era in affordable turntables. Balanced audio connections are usually known from the professional sector like recording studios or live concerts. It is very important to have a stable & interference free connection, as these signals will be highly amplified. The same applies to the connection from your turntable to the phono preamplifier. The big advantage of a balanced connection is its ability to remove picked up noise and interferences. And best of all, cartridges by nature are already balanced signal transducers! With True Balanced your are simply using everything, literally everything, that your cartridge is picking up from the record groove.
Specifications:
- Speed 33, 45, 78 (electronic speed change)
- Principle belt drive
- Speed variance 33: 0.30% 45: 0.25%
- Wow & flutter 33: 0.15% 45: 0.13%
- Platter 20mm thick, 1.5 kg heavy acryl
- Main bearing stainless steel/brass
- Tonearm 8,6” carbon/aluminium sandwich
- Effective arm length 218,5 mm
- Overhang 18 mm
- Effective tonearm mass 10,0g
- Tracking force range 0 - 30mN
- Included accessories 15volts DC /0,8A power supply, Dust cover, Connect it E Phono RCA cable, felt mat
- Optional - mini XLR cable (available separately) for using a balanced phono stage, like our Phono Box S3 B
- Power consumption 5,0 watts max /< 0.3 watt standby
- Dimensions 415 x 125 x 335 mm (WxHxD)
- Weight 7 kg net / 9.5 kg gross weight
- Speed control with electronic speed switch for ultimate speed stability
- Carefully isolated motor for less vibration and noise
- Sub-platter with extremely low 0.001mm bearing tolerances
- Stainless steel platter-bearing with soft brass bushing and teflon mirrors for lowest rumble and noise, and a stable, accurate speed transmission
- Resonance free, 1.5 kg heavy acryl platter
- 8,6” carbon/alu sandwich tonearm with best internal damping and TPE damped counterweight
- Kardan ultra-low friction 4 pin point precision tonearm bearing
- Ortofon Pick it S2 MM cartridge newly developed with Ortofon
- Massive and heavy, precision CNC‘d MDF chassis
- Luxury 8 layers of painting and hand-polished finish or real-wood, satin-waxed veneer
- Super shielded, semi-symmetrical, low-capacitance Pro-Ject phono cables.
- Height adjustable, aluminium feet for massively reduced risk of acoustical feedback
- Handmade in Europe
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