Project Debut Pro B
New and Cool - B is for Balanced
NEW The Debut PRO B comes with our balanced MM cartridge - the Pick it Pro Balanced - and a balanced mini XLR phono output.
Cartridges are balanced signal transducers by nature! Due to the internal wiring of typical MM cartridges, until now, you needed to upgrade your turntable with an MC cartridge. But not with the new Pick it Pro Balanced! Our special Pick it PRO Balanced has been modified to access the entirety of that balanced signal.
Together with our separately available True Balanced Connection cables and true balanced phono stages - for example the Phono Box S3 B or DS3 B - you'll be able to access high-end features that were previously only available on the most expensive of turntable setups.
- NEW Shielded junction box with gold-plated RCA and MiniXLR output connectors
- NEW pre-adjusted Pick it PRO cartridge
- NEW 8.6” one-piece carbon-aluminum tonearm
- NEW precision aluminum platter with TPE damping
- NEW fully adjustable VTA
- NEW nickel-plated aluminum bearing block
Pro means exactly that.
A new 8.6" arm featuring a one-piece carbon fiber wrapped aluminum arm tube designed to produce excellent rigidity and to reduce resonances. A new heavy-duty nickel-plated machined aluminum bearing block adds mass at the pivot and ensures free movement for precision tracking. Both arm height and azimuth are adjustable, which allows for a wider range of high quality cartridges to be perfectly set up
The platter is die-cast aluminum with integrated TPE damping resulting in a perfect combination of mass and low internal resonance.
We added height-adjustable feet with integrated resonance damping, electronic speed selection, a detachable acrylic dustcover and a premium semi-symmetrical photo cable.
As with all Pro-Ject Audio Systems turntables the special edition Debut PRO is hand crafted in Europe and will be available in Canada in limited quantities
Reviews
"Launched to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary, this very refined version of Pro-Ject's entry-level turntable comes with a raft of improvements, not least of which is a new one-piece alloy/carbon fibre tonearm. The platter is now more heavily damped and non-magnetic, the suspension of both arm and motor have been enhanced, and a new Pick it Pro cartridge comes pre-fitted for near instant set-up and use. Described as 'the ultimate expression of the Debut concept', it sounds assured and involving – it's an absolute knock-out, and a new champion for the entry level."
EISA AWARD
Stereophile Recommended Product
"Featuring fast transients, strong dynamics, and crisp highs. "The Debut PRO is a lively, fun, exhilarating turntable; it makes records—or rather music from records—jump, boogie, and sing. . . . I was consistently surprised at the Debut PRO's ability to relay gobs of detail in a natural, compelling manner." KM's conclusion? "This ca $1000, handsome-but-unassuming record player proved to me what a manufacturer with decades of experience and expertise can do when designing an analog machine to a price point. The Debut PRO bowled me over with its dynamics, detail, soundstaging, spatial depth, and scale"
read the review in HiFi Plus
Specifications
- Speeds: 33 / 45 / 78 RPM (78 RPM requires manual adjustment)
- Drive Principle: Belt drive with electronic speed control
- Platter: 300mm, die cast aluminum platter with TPE damping and felt mat
- Wow & Flutter: 33 = 0.16% / 45 = 0.14%
- Speed Drift: 33: +/-0.40%; 45: +/-0.50%
- Signal to Noise: 68dB
- Tonearm: 8.6” one-piece carbon-aluminum tonearm
- Effective arm length/mass: 218.5mm / 10.0g
- Overhang: 18.5mm
- Included accessories: 15V DC / 0.8A power supply, dust cover standard flat belt / 78, RPM round belt, 7” single adapter, Connect-IT E phono cable (RCA), felt mat
- Power consumption: 4W / 0W standby
- Dimensions (w x h x d): 415 x 113 x 320mm
- Weight: 6 kg
