Pro-Ject, 1 Xpression III Comfort

item info

category: electronics > turntables

drive system: belt drive

speeds: 33/45/78

tonearm: Pro-ject 8.6c

weight: 5kg

item description

1-Xpression III is now the 5th generation of the hi-fi classic Pro-Ject 1 which was presented for the first time 18 years ago. No other entry-level turntable is more audiophile and the current version includes an improved main bearing, acrylic platter, carbon tone-arm with aluminium head-shell and effective decoupling of the drive motor.

Turntable
- Belt drive design with low noise AC motor Type Select 2
- Plinth out of MDF with high gloss anthracite surface
- Acrylic 2,2 kg platter
- Platter bearing Type Block 2: Low-tolerance chrome-plated stainless-steel axle runs on a polished ball bearing in a brass bearing housing
- Motor decoupled to reduce vibration
- Integrated Speed Box allows electronically switchable speed between 33 and 45 Upm
- Automatic cutoff at the end of the record
- Height adjustable rubber-damped aluminum cones
- Gold-plated RCA phono sockets

Tonearm 8.6c
- 8.6" Carbon fibre tone-arm with aluminum headshell
- Conical armtube avoids standing wave refl ections
- Inverted tonearm bearing comprises inverted hardened stainlesssteel points and sapphire thrust-pads
- Solid armbase permits accurate height adjustment of armtube and VTA (vertical tracing angle)
- Single-screw fixing of armtube allows rotation for easy adjustment of needle azimuth despite fixed headshell
- Highly flexible top-grade copper internal wiring
- Silicon damped tone-armlift
- Resonance optimized counterweight construction