
Pro-Ject Audio Systems
Mass-Loaded High-End Turntable with True Balanced Connection
The Pro-Ject Audio Systems X8 B is a belt-drive turntable with a massive MDF chassis, a 5.1 kg TPE-damped platter precision-lathed from a single aluminium block, and height-adjustable TPE-damped aluminium feet. It uses an inverted platter bearing with ceramic ball tips and magnetic support, plus a 9-inch one-piece carbon-fibre tonearm with an effective length of 230 mm and effective mass of 8.5 g. The X8 B provides electronically switched 33 and 45 RPM speeds and a 5-pin output for Pro-Ject’s True Balanced Connection, with a semi-balanced Connect it E 5P-to-RCA cable included.
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Specifications
- Speed
- 33, 45 (electronic speed change)
- SNR
- 73dB
- Platter
- massive 5,1 kg lathed aluminium & TPE damped
- Tonearm
- 9“ one-piece carbon-fibre tonearm
- Overhang
- 18mm
- Weight
- 15kg lbs
- Speed drift
- 33: ±0,11%; 45: ± 0,09%
- Wow flutter
- 33: ±0,11%; 45: ± 0,10%
- Dimensions
- 465 x 415 x 420 mm (W x H x D)"
- Aluminium feet
- Height adjustable & TPE damped
- Drive principle
- belt drive
- Platter bearing
- inverted with ceramic ball tips and magnetic support
- Power consumption
- 5W / 0,3 W standby mode
- Included accessories
- 15V DC / 0,8A power supply, dust cover, 7“ single adapter, felt mat, phono cable
- Included phono cable
- Connect it E 5P -> RCA, 1.23m
- Effective arm length mass
- 9“ (230 mm) / 8,5 g
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