Pro-Ject has introduced its Debut Carbon The Original as the latest addition to its Debut turntable family.
With the range’s history stretching back to 1998, when Pro-Ject founder Heinz Lichtenegger and Laurence Armstrong, Managing Director of Henley Audio, set out to bring high-end sound within reach of a younger generation.
The result was what Pro-Ject product manager Jiri Kroutil turned into a working sample by the following day, and the first Debut went on sale within months. The Debut Carbon then followed in 2012, bringing a one-piece carbon-fibre tonearm to the series.
Today, the Debut family has sold more than one million units — and the Debut Carbon The Original is set to carrt that legacy forward.
The new Original model is built around a high density CNC-machined MDF plinth offered in high gloss black, satin black and real walnut wood finishes, supporting a 1.7kg steel platter that resides on a glass-fibre-reinforced ABS sub-platter.
Other features include TPE motor suspension to isolate vibration from the plinth and a DC/AC generator feeding its AC motor.
The Original’s tonearm tube and headshell are formed together as one piece, that’s combined with a low-friction, CNC-milled aluminium bearing block and TPE-damped counterweight.
The deck comes pre-fitted with an Ortofon Pick it S2 MM cartridge and Connect it Phono E RCA cable as part of the package.
Priced at £499, visit Pro-Ject and Henley Audio in the UK to find out more.
