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Manual turntable with built in Pro-Ject Speed Box SE
The high-end classic!
We at Pro-Ject aim to bring back a classical analog concept from the eighties, and combine it with our advanced contemporary technologies. After eighteen years of turntable manufacturing for analog lovers on a budget, we’re delighted to announce our first deck not subscribed to budgetary limitations.
Already, the critically acclaimed 6perspeX has proved the fantastic result of using magnets to isolate the subchassis. So consequently, for the Xtension this technology has been re-developed to utilise new magnetic feet, which almost completely decouple the main plinth. With these two magnets located in the feet, the turntable is practically floating. Combine this with the weighty 25 kg total mass of the turntable, and the listener benefits from minimal base resonance. This is a unique combination of ‘mass loaded’ and ‘floating turntable’ design principals.In keeping with these principles, the platter is metal due to its high mass. The old standard adoption of pure metal has been abandoned because of its highly-resonant tendencies. Instead, we’ve found a perfect alloy which we dampened on the inner side with Sorbothane®. Taking this base, we’ve glued recycled Vinyl records to the top (which act as a perfect mat) and bake this ‘sandwich’ before precision balancing it. The final product subsequently benefits from a wonderfully resonance-free, heavy platter. Another consideration was the amount of energy the tonearm base would have to take from arm and cartridge movement. These energies have to be controlled, as do those from the motor and the bearing (they have to be kept away from the tonearm to avoid interference). Consequently, the tonearm base on the Xtension 12 Evolution also benefits from ‘high-mass’ technologies, and is isolated from the main board by a sheet of Sorbothane®. Importantly though, this board is still able to incorporate the adoption of different tonearms. As we originally premised with this turntable, to be in keeping with its ‘classic’ ethos, the Xtension comes with a beautiful dustcover with adjustable hinges
In the box:
- Xtension 12 Evolution
- Connect it 5P-C RCA Cable
- Dust cover
- Adapter for 7“ singles
- Record puck
- Power supply, allen key, spirit level, gloves
Upgrade your standard RCA cable that ships with this turntable with a balanced cable:
Connect IT Phono DS cables (silver plated copper, very low capacitance)
Consider your phono stage too - if you wish to take advantage of the true balanced architecture of your MC cartridge and upgraded cable (see products above), then consider a balanced phono stage:
Phono Box DS3 - audiophile grade, fully balanced circuitry with discrete fully passive RIAA filtering.
Phono Box RS2- ultimate phono preamplifier of the highest class. It is fully balanced from the input to the output. Electronics are fully discrete, no op-amps are in use and it uses split passive RIAA and DECCA equalization.
Features
- Super-heavy 25 kg mass load magnetic floating belt drive design
- Sorbothane® damped ultra precise balanced Sandwich platter out of special alloy combined with Vinyl
- Brass record puck
- Ultra low noise motor highest selection
- Magnet supported, inverted main bearing Type Block 1 with ceramic thrust-pad
- Integrated Speed Box SE for super silent motordrive and electronically switchable speed
- Metal-granulate filled plinth for universal damping
- Mass loaded interchangeable armboard
- Height adjustable magnet supported feets for perfect isolation
- Gold-plated RCA phono sockets
Technical Specifications
| Speed | 33, 45(electronic speed change), 78 (manual speed change) |
| Principle | Belt drive |
| Platter | 300 mm aluminium (TPE damped) |
| Main bearing | Inverted stainless steel with ceramic thrust-pad with antimagnetic support |
| Wow & flutter | ± 0.01% (max) |
| Speed variance | ± 0.09% (max) |
| Signal to Noise | 73 dB |
| Tonearm Options | 12cc Evolution, Carbon / Ortofon RS-309 D / No tonearm |
| Tracking force range (12cc Evolution // RS-309 D) | 10 - 35 mN // 0 - 50 mN |
| Effective tonearm length (12cc Evolution // RS-309 D) | 304.8 mm // 326 mm |
| Effective tonearm mass (12cc Evolution // RS-309 D) | 10.5 g // 6.0 g |
| Overhang (12cc Evolution // RS-309 D) | 13.2 mm // 15 mm |
| Included accessory | Power supply, dust cover |
| Power consumption | 2 Watts max |
| Dimensions | 480 x 235 x 400 mm (WxHxD) |
| Weight | 22.0 kg net |
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