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Turntables look back on a long history. As technology continues to progress, many things have changed, not only from the technical possibilities, also from the environment. Wireless networks are omni present and countless electronic devices make your home „smarter“. This means there are now a lot of additional electromagnetic fields, which could interfere with your turntable‘s signal. This was simply not the case 30 years ago. To ensure the best connection to your phono preamplifier we designed our „True Balanced Connection“ product range.
Balanced audio connections are usually known from the professional sector like recording studios or live concerts. It is very important to have a stable & interference free connection, as these signals, especially microphone signals, will be highly amplified. The same applies to the connection from your turntable to the phono preamplifier. The big advantage of a balanced connection is its ability to remove picked up noise and interferences. Balanced connections use three wires for one channel: ground, a hot and a cold wire. The cold wire carries the inverted (reversed in polarity) hot signal. At the receiving end, the cold signal is flipped and added together. The trick happens here: If the cable picks up any noise, the noise is added to both signals. So, a positive interference is a positive tick on the hot and on the cold signal. If you now flip one of them, the interference is also inverted, so you get the same interference once in a positive and once in a negative direction. If you now add these two signals, the noise will cancel out. The X2 B is our first turntable with a fully balanced mini XLR output which offers you a symmetrical connection to our new Phono Box S3 B or Phono Box DS3 B. To use our True balanced connection your turntable needs to be equipped with an MC cartridge, so the X2 B comes with a premium Ortofon Quintet Red MC cartridge pre-installed.
Features
• NEW „True Balanced Connection“ by Pro-Ject
• NEW RCA phono & 5-pin mini XLR output
• NEW Phono Box S3 B & DS3 B - a perfect balanced match!
• Pre-adjusted Ortofon Quintet Red cartridge*
• Electronic speed control with 33/45 rpm speed change
• Sub-platter with extremely low bearing tolerances
• Stainless steel platter-bearing with soft bronze bushing and teflon mirrors for lowest rumble and noise
• 9” one-piece carbon/aluminium tonearm tube
• TPE damped counterweight
• Azimuth and VTA adjustment
• Resonance free, 2 kg heavy acrylic platter
• Heavy, 50 mm thick, highest quality CNC‘d MDF chassis
• Luxury 8 layers of painting or real-wood veneer
• Shielded, semi-symmetrical, low-capacitance cables
• Height adjustable, alu machined, vibration absorbing feet
• Handmade in Europe
Technical Specifications
Speed: 33, 45, 78 (electronic speed change)
Principle: belt drive
Speed variance: 33: 0.25% 45: 0.20%
Wow & flutter; 33: 0.12% 45: 0.10%
Signal to noise: 70 dB
Platter: 30mm thick, 2 kg heavy acryl
Main bearing: stainless steel/brass
Tonearm: 9” carbon/aluminium sandwich
Effective arm length: 230 mm
Overhang: 18 mm
Effective tonearm mass: 13,5g
Tracking force range: 0 - 30mN
Included accessories: 15volts DC /0,8A power supply, Dust cover, Connect it E Phono cable, feltmat
Power consumption: 4,5 watts max / 0.3 watt standby
Dimensions: 460 x 150 x 340 mm (WxHxD)
Weight: 10 kg
