![]() As you can see in the photos, the hinge design is to blame – the round L-shaped pieces aren’t even real hinges, it’s just a collar arrangement. Dust covers are a common source of vibration issues, and are often removed during use, but with the Debut these resonances are transmitted straight into the stylus and are very audible from your speakers. Rear view showing the standard interconnect jacks and the interesting hinge assembly.įirst off – playing music with the dust cover attached, the vibration-induced feedback was really bad. Really, all of these are in the area of noise isolation. However: this deck represents one approach, and I should point out some items that I think could be improved. It looks great, and is an easy recommendation to make – for a variety of potential buyers. The Debut Carbon certainly holds its’ own against competing ‘budget audiophile’ models from Rega, Music Hall, and the like.įor many, this is all the turntable they will ever need or want. Music sounds like music, it holds the right speed, and the whole shebang is helped along by the terrific Ortofon, a sweet cartridge which has never played badly in the various systems that I’ve tried it in. It’s well-packaged, and double-boxed for safe transport. Kudos. It gets the job done and represents fair value in today’s market. This is quite a well-made product, obviously made to a price point and designed for ‘mass’ production. Though the full answer isn’t quite so simple. Since the cable is separate, it can be upgraded later with your choice of suitable interconnect cables. Included is a decent low capacitance phono cable, which includes a ground lead. Roughly 5-10 minutes to showtime for someone who’s done it, half an hour at most for a newbie who needs to read the directions (which are quite good). What’s left is to balance the tonearm, connect the turntable to your stereo, and enjoy some records. The geometric work of cartridge alignment is done for you, and that’s huge. The peripherals are pre-installed at the factory, meaning that setup effort is quite low, though not completely eliminated. The Debut Carbon model comes “fully equipped” with a carbon-fiber tonearm made by Pro-ject, and an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge – itself a multiple award-winner and bargain, that retails for $100. Is there another company this committed to vinyl LP reproduction today? I can think of several (Ortofon and SME among them), but none that have plug’n’play turntables starting in the $300 range! It’s basically all they do, and their lineup is vast, by any measure. Pro-ject Audio Systems has been quietly and efficiently making analog equipment in the EU for many years. That doesn’t reduce my expectations, or make excuses for what is still, for many people, a considerable investment ($400 USD). But we’ll assume that the reader is likely an aspiring audiophile, and, in that context, this is a budget turntable. This review could reach a few different potential audiences. c/w Ortofon 2M Red cartridge pre-installed. Pro-ject Debut Carbon Turntable in green.
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