New model
Pro-Ject turntables "The Classic" offers vintage look, wood chassis
and innovative high-end technology
This
turntable makes use of traditional frame design which was established by the
famous turntable manufacturers of the 50's and 60's. It uses a compact simple
and elegant form factor. The Classic incorporates a combination of approved
belt drive design using a low noise AC motor with an ultra precision frequency
DC-driven AC generator (like Speed Box) for ultimate speed stability. Advanced
technology is used for decoupling and the completely new designed tonearm.
Features:
• Belt drive
with manual speed control 33/45 rpm
• Height
adjustable decoupling feet
• Precision
balanced TPE-damped aluminium-platter / felt mat
• Metal/MDF
sandwich chassis floating on TPE suspension
• 9”
carbon/aluminium tonearm with MM & MC capability
• Japanese
ball bearing (base of tonearm)
• Integrated
central vertical cable outlet for unhindered arm movement
• Ultra low
friction Zircon pin-point cardan bearings (top & side)
• Azimuth
and VTA fully adjustable
• TPE damped
counterweight
• Optionally
available with 2M Silver phono cartridge
• Classic
wooden chassis in 3 matt finishes
(walnut, rosenut, eucalyptus)
PLATTER
& SUB-PLATTER
The heavy
aluminium main platter construction utilises advanced TPE for optimising
resonance behaviour. A drawback for most of the old designs was the platter.
Casted platters all have been heavy (which is good for speed constancy and low
wow and flutter) but suffered very much from ringing effects which again caused
colouration of the sound. The platter of "The Classic" is precisely
machined out of a special aluminium alloy again damped with TPE, which offers
special damping abilities.
The
subplatter / main bearing construction we use is similar system as on the
"Debut". It is made of hardened steel/ Bronze bushing/ Teflon bearing
mirror, which re-sults in very smooth low noise running smoothness of the
bearing
The main
difference to the "Debut" bearing are the tolerances which are by
factor 10 lower and therefore more precise (0,005%). Especially the subplatter
is a very sophisticated part which is accurately machined and guarantees a very
good isolation between bearing noise and the platter itself.
CHASSIS
& SUBCHASSIS: Thanks to the modern
damping materials TPE (Thermo Plastic Elastomers) we are able to design a very
effective, subchassis construction. Isolating the platter and tonearm from the
resonances of the motor and main plinth
THE
FEET: As we did not want to risk that
the customer always needs perfect audiophile turntable supports, we decided to
use damping feet which are a very good compromise to suit most of customer
environments. For sure these feet are height adjustable
NEW
CARBON/ALUMINIUM TONEARM:
The radical
new designed Classic Tonearm is the result of 25 years of experience in
me-chanical construction.
The tonearm
tube is made out of a sandwich of Carbon and Aluminium: Carbon for stiff-ness
and speed, Alu for better damping.
The Cardan
bearing assembly with pin-point Zircon bearing provides ultra low friction.
A new
expensive Japanese base-ball-bearing allows a better lead of the tonearm wire
and increases the free movement of the arm.
The
counterweight incorporates a TPE* damp-er which allows us to reduce the
amplitude of the tonearm cartridge resonance frequency by 50%.
As typical
for Pro-Ject and absolutely not standard at that price range we offer also
azimuth and VTA adjustment to use a variety of cartridges. Different
counterweight for cartridges up to 25 grams are available as an option.
We supply as
standard the Ortofon 2M Silver moving magnet cartridge. This Ortofon cartridge
is exclusively designed for Pro-Ject Audio Systems. We improved the sound and
dynamics of the recognised 2M series, by implement-ing pure silver coils
instead of standard copper. However, as the tonearm offers excellent damping
and flexibility as well, its effective mass can be called middle heavy, so it
is also a very good partner for MC cartridges
Specifications:
Speed: 33 and 45 rpm with manual speed change
Drive: belt drive system
Platter: 300 mm aluminium
Mains
Bearing: stainless steel
Wow and
Flutter:
At 33 rpm
: ±0,03%
At 45 rpm
: ±0,05%
Speed
Variance:
At 33 rpm
: ±0,10%
At 45 rpm
: ±0,11%
Signal-to-noise
Ratio: -71 dB
Tonearm: 9” carbon/aluminium sandwich tonearm
Effective
Arm Length; 230 mm
Effective
Arm Mass: 13,5 g
Overhang; 18 mm
Tracking
Force: 10 - 30mN
Included
Accessories: 15 volts DC / 0,8A power
supply; dust cover
Power
Connection: 110/120 or 230/240 Volt -
50/60 Hz
Power
Consumption: 5 watt max / < 0,5 watt
standby
Dimensions
(WxHxD): 460 x 131 x 351 mm lid closed
Weight(net): 10,2 kg