Audiophile Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO with Carbon Fiber Tonearm

The Debut Carbon EVO, Pro-Ject's latest turntable design, represents the epitome of their philosophy: high performance, clean aesthetics, and superb value. With a redesigned motor suspension, adjustable TPE-damped isolation feet, and a massive TPE-damped steel record platter, this turntable offers significant improvements over its predecessor.

The new motor suspension, designed using Pro-Ject's expertise and experience, effectively reduces vibrations for a quieter and noiseless operation with less wow and flutter. The three height-adjustable, damped aluminum feet ensure a perfectly leveled, solid, and stable platform for optimal vinyl playback.

At the heart of the Debut Carbon EVO is a 12-inch, 3.7-pound steel platter with a TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) damping ring and felt mat, providing even quieter and more noiseless operation. The electronic speed changer and stabilizer allow for easy switching between 33 and 45 RPM, with the option to play 78 RPM records as well.

The Debut Carbon EVO is equipped with Pro-Ject's proven 8.6-inch one-piece carbon fiber tonearm design, which delivers an insane sound quality with a convincing soundstage. The signal from the factory-mounted and aligned Sumiko Rainier phono cartridge is transmitted via a single run of high-quality copper wiring to gold-plated output sockets, preserving the balanced signal from the cartridge output.

The Debut Carbon EVO comes with a semi-balanced, low-capacitance Connect It E phono cable with superior shielding, designed specifically to carry the delicate phono signal. This turntable offers exceptional specifications, including a wow and flutter of +/-0.19% for 33 RPM and +/-0.17% for 45 RPM, a speed drift of +/-0.6% for 33 RPM and +/-0.7% for 45 RPM, and a signal-to-noise ratio of 68dB.

The package contents include the Debut Carbon EVO turntable, the Sumiko Rainier phono cartridge (mounted and aligned), an adjustable acrylic dust cover, drive belts for 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM, an adapter for 7-inch singles, the Connect It E phono cable with an external ground wire, a felt record mat, and a multi-voltage power supply.

With its redesigned motor suspension, adjustable damped feet, and high-quality components, the Debut Carbon EVO represents the evolution of Pro-Ject's popular turntable design, offering an exceptional listening experience and superb value for discerning music enthusiasts.

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