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There are downsides with this product.
1) It is a pain in the backside to set up. You have to put it together and you have to calibrate the weight on the arm/needle... then you have to check the needle with a protractor (supplied). It is a bit scary to do, if you have never had to do anything like that before. Luckily there are YouTube videos telling you how to do this. It took me a tentative half an hour. (5 minutes to do it, 25 minutes of worrying if I was doing it right and worrying about breaking it.)
2) There are definite design flaws.
The anti skate counterweight... it just flies off a lot of the time, if it gets any 'hit'. And of course, it will get disturbed during the course of the physical contact of putting on / taking off records etc. It's annoying. It should have a locking mechanism on the arm to hold it, unless you actually want it unlocked.
The rubber band that pulls the turntable round... there should be a groove where the rubber band sits inside the side of the platter as it spins round. When you pull the band up and down to change the speed, you can (and often do) accidentally knock the whole band off. And it CAN be difficult to put the band properly back on, especially late at night. It is a real design fault that affects the enjoyment of the product.
When you put any weight on the back left/right of the product, often inadvertently, the thing rises up... this is because there are only three 'feet' at the bottom of the record player, in a triangular formation (front left and right, and rear centre)... and for stability there should be four of them on each corner of the record player.
The thing is quite fiddly to use.... a) select the speed via altering where the rubber band sits on the spindle... b) put your record on... c) turn the record player ON by turning the on-switch on the side of the turntable... d) cue up the needle and pull the lever down... e) ENJOY!
And you really do enjoy the product - the sound is amazing. ADVICE... in my opinion... DO NOT use your amplifier's own internal phono stage (if it has one), (and if it does not have one) buy a Cambridge Audio pre-amp (the 551 version) to go with this.... it really does compliment this turntable and makes it sound even more incredible.
I understand that the quality and the expertise has been put into the choice of build-materials, the tone-arm, the choice of cartridge and the needle... I get this. The alterations I outline above would not make much difference to the price, but would make a hell of a difference to the usability and product experience.


Downside was the switched-mode PSU (a small plug-in unit) that is a Chinese OEM 15VDC unit; the original one, wouldn't assemble- just a click together job - so I had a couple of days wait, for a much better unit, which assembled easily and correctly.

I managed to put it together ok with help from the instructions and online videos. I was a but flummoxed by the anti-skate weight until I realised the almost invisible cat-hair was the nylon thread. Maybe it's some sort of initiation right into the world of hi-fi.
Good quality wires and the Pro-Ject phono box certainly help get a good sound.
The first track I played was Sultans of Swing. It sounded like Mark Knoppfler was standing next to me. I compared it to the CD and there's no contest.
Then Der Rosenkavalier in Andre Previn's recording with the LSO. The whooping horns couldn't have been more realistic. It's worth checking out just for that.
Changing the speed to 45 rpm was easy and quick enough with a bit of practice. She Loves You on a well worn 60's single was next up. It sounded really fresh and again it beats the one on the CD compilation hands down.
I've found it's reawakened my ability to just sit down and enjoy the music rather than just have it playing in the background. All in all a great purchase.

Pros: Sleek minimal design, silent, the om5e cartridge is punchy, great packaging, nice sturdy dust cover, great performance, I also added the acrylic it E platter and sounds and looks great!
Cons: matte black is prone to finger prints, color options are limited (red, black and white), the anti-skate is questionable, very light. feet are decent but not top notch and the felt mat that comes standard with almost all project turntables is just crap.
Also as one reviewer mentioned the dust cover hitting the tone arm that is not an issue with mine it closes perfectly.
I wouldn't say this is a beginners turntable there's some important adjustments that need to be made in order for it to perform its best .
Overall I'd recommend this turntable over the Debut Carbon.....well Unless you want to shell out the extra cash for hum and the noisy Motor which is the Debut Carbon, go for it !




The sound is amazing and it is great to have some feeling to the old classic tunes I have on LP (Beatles and Status Quo, ELO etc), also the new LPs I have (Oasis and Ocean Colour Scene) sound more human than the digital alternatives.
If you are thinking about getting a turntable I would of course recommend this one but before you purchase it I would urge you to read the following:
Set Up. This system does require a bit of set up work, it took me about 30 mins after I watched the You Tube video and read the manual. Plus you have to manually move the belt if you want to change from 45 to 33 RPM (its easy but don’t try it after a few beers!!!).
Amp. You will need an amp that has a Phono input and preferably a ground connection. If you only have a line input you will need a pre amp. If you don’t have a ground connection it will work but you will get a slightly louder hiss.

It does have a couple of problems. The supplied felt mat is garbage. I replaced with a quality one immediately. The anti skate weight is hung on by a bit of clear fishing thread, and is prone to fall off from time to time. The belt also has come off a couple of time (Never while playing). The turntable itself is a bit on the light weight side.
I actually looked at several turntables, and took advice from a 'proper' Hifi shop before I was bought. I'm confident this is the best deal at this price point for what you get.
So a few flaws, but in the end worth it.


1 the anti skate weight is attached by a piece of very fine "fishing line" which has to be hooked onto a very shallow groove on the back of the arm - if your eyesight , fingers or deck location are not 100% this is nigh on impossible. If you knock the deck or lift the arm slightly too fast it falls off and the whole process starts again.
2 the drive belt is a round profile rubber band that just sits on the flat edge of the the platter - it is incredibly easy to catch with your finger when changing a record - This results in a few minutes of faffing getting it back on again.
Both of the above rather detract from ones relaxing listening pleasure.
Basically buy this if the deck is going to be on top of an easily accessible surface and you dont have fat fingers and are not planning on having a glass of wine whilst using.


I bought it because I read that the adjustable counterweight and anti skating weight, plus the ortofon cartridge all helped play consistently well on even slightly dodgy quality records and I'm not disappointed.




