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Pro-Ject Essential Phono USB Turntable



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The Pro-Ject Essential Phono USB turntable is for starters who look for exceptional sound quality. Innovations in technique, like the super-smooth running AC-motor that drives the resonance-free MDF platter and an unipivot tonearm, make the Essential an unbelievable musical performer. A manual turntable with built-in phono-preamp.

Turntable 

  • Belt drive with low vibration AC-motor 
  • Silicone drive belt 
  • Mechanical speed change between 33 and 45 
  • MDF platter with felt mat 
  • Chassis made from particle board 
  • Stainless steel main bearing 
  • Integrated phono preamp and A/D-converter with USB output 

Tonearm 

  • Straight 8.6'' tonearm made from aluminium 
  • Unipivot bearing (stainless steel) 
  • Excentric counter-weight 
  • Heavy armbase transfers unwanted vibration 
  • Pre-mounted Ortofon cartridge 
  • Arm cable with gold contacts pre-mounted 

Specifications:

  • Fitted cartridge:  Ortofon OM 3E 
  • Internal phono pre-amplifier:  yes 
  • Internal A/D converter with USB output:  yes 
  • Nominal speeds:  33 / 45 
  • Dust cover:  yes 
  • Tonearm:  Pro-Ject 8.6up 
  • Effective tonearm length:  218.5mm 
  • Effective tonearm mass:  8.9g 
  • Overhang:  18.5mm 
  • Supplied counterweight cartridge weight:  4 - 9g 
  • Optional counterweight cartridge weight:  8 - 15g 
  • Downforce range:  10 - 30mN 
  • Speed variance:  +/- 1.5 % 
  • Wow and flutter:  +/- 0.25 % 
  • Signal to noise:  -65dB 
  • Platter weight/diameter:  0.8kg/300mm 
  • Power consumption:  2W 
  • Dimensions (lid open):  415 x 365 x 390mm 
  • Dimensions (lid closed):  415 x 112 x 335mm 
  • Weight:  3.9kg 

 
     

 

 
 

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