{"product_id":"pro-ject-the-classic-turntable-rosenut-ortofon-quintet-red-mc-cartridge","title":"Pro-Ject The Classic Turntable - Rosenut \/ Ortofon Quintet Red MC Cartridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere we have a rather nice turntable from Austrian experts Pro-Ject. The Classic (in both name and style) we have has been improved by having the sub platter upgrade fitted. It is in very good condition and is supplied in original factory packaging along with power supply unit, interconnect cable and our regular three month warranty. Please note that our unit is also supplied with an Ortofon Quintet Red moving coil cartridge but as we have no knowledge of its age or amount of use it is not covered by the warranty.\u003cbr\u003e\nPro-Ject Say….\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Classic offers classic look and innovative high-end technology\u003cbr\u003e\nThis turntable makes use of traditional frame design which was established by the famous turntable manufacturers of the 50’s and 60’s. It uses a compact simple and elegant form factor. The Classic incorporates a combination of approved belt drive design using a low noise AC motor with an ultra-precision frequency DC-driven AC generator for ultimate speed stability. Advanced technology is used for decoupling and the completely new designed tonearm.\u003cbr\u003e\nLike our famous Debut we wanted to create an easy to use “plug \u0026amp; play” product, but with better sound due to better isolation.\u003cbr\u003e\nThanks to the modern damping materials TPE* we are able to design a very effective, subchassis construction. Isolating the platter and tonearm from the resonances of the motor and main plinth is the target.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe heavy aluminium main platter construction utilises advanced thermo plastic elastomers (TPE*) for optimising resonance behaviour.\u003cbr\u003e\nA drawback for most of the old designs was the platter. Casted platters all have been heavy (which is good for speed constancy and low wow and flutter) but suffered very much from ringing effects which again caused\u003cbr\u003e\ncolouration of the sound. The platter of The Classic is precisely machined out of a special aluminium alloy again damped with TPE*, which offers special damping abilities. The subplatter \/ main bearing construction we use is similar system as on the Debut. It is made of hardened steel\/ Bronze bushing\/ Teflon bearing mirror, which re-sults in very smooth low noise running smoothness of the bearing.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe main difference to the Debut bearing are the tolerances which are by factor 10 lower and therefore more precise (0,005%). Especially the subplatter is a very sophisticated part which is accurately machined and\u003cbr\u003e\nguarantees a very good isolation between bearing noise and the platter itself.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe radical new designed Classic tonearm is the result of 25 years of experience in mechanical construction. The tonearm tube is made out of a sandwich of carbon and aluminium: carbon for stiffness and speed, alu for better damping. The cardan bearing assembly with pin-point zircon bearing provides ultra-low friction. A new expensive Japanese base-ball-bearing allows a better lead of the tonearm wire and increases the free movement of the arm.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe counterweight incorporates a TPE* damper which allows us to reduce the amplitude of the tonearm cartridge resonance frequency by 50%. As typical for Pro-Ject and absolutely not standard at that price range we offer also azimuth and VTA adjustment to use a variety of cartridges. Different counterweight for cartridges up to 25 grams are available as an option.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs we did not want to risk that the customer always needs perfect audiophile turntable supports, we decided to use damping feet which are a very good compromise to suit most of customer environments. For sure these feet are height adjustable.\u003cbr\u003e\nA high-quality Connect it E connection cable and an acrylic dust cover are included.\u003cbr\u003e\nFeatures:\u003cbr\u003e\nBelt drive with electronic speed control 33\/45 rpm\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight adjustable decoupling feet\u003cbr\u003e\nPrecision balanced TPE*-damped aluminium-platter\/ felt mat\u003cbr\u003e\nMetal\/MDF sandwich chassis floating on TPE* suspension\u003cbr\u003e\n9” carbon\/aluminium tonearm with MM \u0026amp; MC capability\u003cbr\u003e\nJapanese ball bearing (base of tonearm)\u003cbr\u003e\nIntegrated central vertical cable outlet for unhindered arm movement\u003cbr\u003e\nUltra-low friction zircon pin-point cardan bearings (top \u0026amp; side)\u003cbr\u003e\nAzimuth and VTA fully adjustable\u003cbr\u003e\nTPE damped counterweight\u003cbr\u003e\nSpecifications:\u003cbr\u003e\nSpeed: 33, 45 (manual speed change)\u003cbr\u003e\nDrive Principle: belt drive\u003cbr\u003e\nPlatter: 300 mm aluminium\u003cbr\u003e\nMains Bearing: stainless steel\u003cbr\u003e\nWow \u0026amp; Flutter: 33: ± 0.11 %; 45: ± 0.10 %\u003cbr\u003e\nSpeed Variance: 33: ± 0.15 %; 45: ± 0.12 %\u003cbr\u003e\nSignal To Noise: 70 dB\u003cbr\u003e\nTonearm: 9” carbon\/aluminium sandwich tonearm\u003cbr\u003e\nEffective Arm Length: 230 mm\u003cbr\u003e\nEffective Arm Mass: 13.5 g\u003cbr\u003e\nOverhang: 18 mm\u003cbr\u003e\nTracking Force: 10 - 30 mN\u003cbr\u003e\nIncluded Accessories: 15 volts DC \/ 0.8 A power supply, dust cover\u003cbr\u003e\nPower Connection: 110\/120 or 230\/240 Volt - 50 or 60 Hz\u003cbr\u003e\nPower Consumption: 5 watt max \/ \u0026lt; 0.5 watt standby\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 462 (W) x 351 (D) x 131 (D) mm (lid closed); 462 (W) x 390 (D) x 423 (H) mm (lid opened)\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 10.2 kg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"2ndhandhifi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51479459332437,"sku":"2302","price":635.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/1094\/5365\/files\/IMG_2142-scaled_131c8512-d411-4f57-8b6d-bd067ea8723b.jpg?v=1758213370","url":"https:\/\/2ndhandhifi.co.uk\/products\/pro-ject-the-classic-turntable-rosenut-ortofon-quintet-red-mc-cartridge","provider":"2ndhandhifi.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}