Pro-Ject Essential III Sgt. Pepper Drum Edition

Special edition turntable!

Essential III Sgt. Pepper‘s Drum – a true collector‘s item!

This special edition and collaboration between Pro-Ject Audio Systems and The Beatles has brought out a turntable which was inspired by the most successful Beatles album ever – „Sergeant Pepper‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band“. The album is known as a milestone of music history in terms of commercial success as well as artistic breakthrough. No other album has been produced with such high efforts! This special edition‘s design of our Essential III turntable shows the base drum of the infamous album. Many myths and theories have been created because of this album and especially because of its cover.

In celebration of the 50th jubilee of this unique masterwork we want to offer all fans of this legendary album the opportunity to give their beloved record an additional place in their livingroom!

Features

• Special edition of Essential III
• Acrylic platter
• Belt drive with synchronous motor and silicone belt
• Diamond cut aluminium drive pulley
• Chassis & platter made of resonance in-sensitive MDF
• Integrated DC-powered motor control minimizes motor vibration and guarantees speed stability
• Low tolerance platter bearing with strainless steel spindle
• 8.6” aluminium tonearm with sapphire bearings
• Ortofon OM10 cartridge pre-mounted
• High-quality semi-balanced Connect it E phono interconnect with gold-plated RCA connectors included
• Special decoupling feet
• Dust cover included

Technical Specifications

• Speed 33, 45 (manual speed change)
• Principle Belt drive
• Speed variance 33: 0.70% 45: 0.60%
• Wow & flutter 33: 0.21% 45: 0.19%
• Platter 300 mm acrylic & felt mat
• Main bearing Stainless steel
• Tonearm 8.6”, aluminium
• Effective arm length 218.5 mm
• Effective tonearmmass 8.0 g
• Overhang 22.0 mm
• Counterweight for mass 3 - 5.5 g
• Tracking force range 0 - 25 mN (recommended OM10 18 mN)
• Included accessories Power supply, dust cover
• Power consumption 4.5 Watts max
• Dimensions 488 x 235 x 393mm (WxHxD)
• Weight 7.0 kg net

Ortofon OM 10 Cartridge

• Type: MM (Moving-Magnet)  
• Output voltage: 4 mV at 1kHz, 5cm/sec
• Amplifier In: Phono MM  
• Channel separation at 1 kHz: 2 dB
• Crosstalk attenuation at 1kHz: 22 dB  
• Crosstalk attenuation at 15 kHz: 15 dB  
• Frequency area: 20-22.000 Hz  
• Frequency response: 20-20.000 Hz +3 dB/-1 dB
• Compliance: 25 µm/mN  
• Microsection: elliptisch, r/R 8/18µm   
• Tracking force area: 12,5-17,5 mN (1,25-1,75 g)  
• Recom. tracking force: 15 mN (1,5 g)  
• Inductivity: 450 mH  
• Recom. Input resistance: 47 kOhm
• Recom. final capacity: 200-500 pF  
• Weight: 2,5 g (5 g mit einliegendem Zusatzgewicht)  
• Replacement stylus: Stylus 10