Pro-Ject DEBUT III Turntable with OM5E Cartridge

Featuring a Ortofon OM 5E moving magnet cartridge, and heavy two-piece 10" steel platter with felt mat. Additional features include a precision bearing system, one-piece aluminum tonearm, and 33-1/3 and 45 rpm speeds.

Turntable Highlights:

• A quiet running AC motor with a two-step pulley drives the hub and platter via a flat-ground belt.
• The medium density fiber plinth stands on four feet which act as shock absorbers
• The motor is decoupled from the plinth to reduce vibration transmission
• The platter is a sandwich construction utilizing the hub, a sheet-steel platter weighting 1.3kg and a felt mat
• The platter's low-tolerance chrome-plated stainless-steel axle runs on a polished ball bearing in a brass bearing housing
• External power supply avoids potential electro-mechanical interference

Tonearm Pro-Ject 8.6

• The turntable is supplied with Ortofon OM 5E MM-cartridge fitted
• Uniform material: the tonearm tube and bearing housing are constructed from aluminum
• The headshell and undamped armtube are fashioned from a single piece
• The inverted horizontal bearings consist of two hardened stainless steel points bearing in sapphire cushes
• Flexible counterweight shaft avoids vibration at undesirable frequencies
• The counterweight supplies is suitable for cartridges weighing between 3-5.5g.
• Single-screw fixing of artmtube allows rotation for easy adjustment of needle azimuth despite fixed headshell.
• The internal wiring consists of high-grade flexible copper from the headshell right through to the connection cable.
• The connection cable has gold-plated plugs and appropriate capacitance and inductance values.