Pro-Ject X2 B with Ortofon MC Quintet Red

Fully balanced True Balanced Connection

MC cartridge Ortofon MC Quintet Red

Satin acrylic platter

9-inch carbon/aluminium tonearm

33/45 rpm (electronic), 78 rpm (manual)

Dust cover included

• Uncompromisingly complete - the plug & play entry into True Balanced!

The Pro-Ject X2 brought the high standards demanded of a high-end turntable into attainable price dimensions. The joy of fine details, workmanship and high-quality materials has remained the same with the X2 B: The turntable made of satin-finished acrylic, three exclusive lacquer surfaces and the satin-waxed walnut veneer emphasise the elegant appearance.

With the Ortofon MC Quintet Red MC cartridge mounted and adjusted, the X2 B offers a decisive improvement in sound: it represents the entry into the true-balanced connection variant in the Pro-Ject portfolio. In combination with a balanced cable, which keeps the four signal-carrying wires and the shielding consistently separate, and a suitable phono preamplifier, every record lover thus benefits from fully balanced signal routing, higher signal-to-noise ratio and crystal-clear vinyl sound. 

The electronic speed selection spoils you with comfort when you want to change between 33 and 45 rpm.

• More mass in chassis, platter and tonearm

The heavy, dense and rigid MDF cabinet reduces unwanted resonances to almost unmeasurable levels. Inside is a sophisticated DC/AC motor control that, in combination with the electronic speed switching, provides clean and stable power to the motor system. 

The conical tonearm tube of the slightly longer tonearm of the X2 B has a larger diameter and is made of a carbon fibre/aluminium composite with optimal damping values. Thus, it has a high stiffness and an impressive low resonance. The high-quality tonearm bearings compensate for the higher mass of the arm and allow the arm tube to move almost without mechanical escapement. The cabling is consistently symmetrical with complete separation of signal-carrying conductors and shielding.

An Ortofon MC Quintet Red MC pick-up system is mounted and adjusted ready to play. This means that True Balanced Connection is already possible ex works, for example with the Pro-Ject Connect it Phono E Mini-XLR cable and the Pro-Ject Phono Box S3 B preamplifier.

Drive

• Surface of the chassis in matt black, matt white and piano lacquer black. Walnut veneer and satin finish
• Electronic speed selection between 33 and 45 rpm, manual setting option of 78 rpm 
• The chassis made of compressed wood fibre stands on aluminium feet mechanically damped with TPE*.
• Turntable made of satin-finish acrylic
• The platter bearing consists of a sintered bronze bushing in which a stainless steel axle of high fitting accuracy runs on a Teflon bearing base
• Integrated motor control (sine wave generator)
• Outsourced power supply unit to protect against mechanical and electromagnetic interference
• A transparent, hinged dust cover made of Plexiglas is enclosed

Tonearm

• Straight 9-inch tone arm
• Supplied with assembled and adjusted Ortofon MC Quintet Red cartridge
• Fully balanced cabling and signal routing
• Headshell and tonearm tube are made of one piece of carbon fibre/aluminium composite material
• Despite the fixed headshell, the rotatable tonearm tube allows the cartridge to be adjusted horizontally (azimuth).
• The tonearm base offers an adjustment of the vertical pick-up angle (VTA)
• Four hardened stainless steel tips mounted in sapphire form the inverted tonearm bearings

Connection

• To the MC phono input of an amplifier or to an external phono preamplifier
• Double terminal with 5-pole mini XLR socket and RCA/ RCA sockets allows connection of both balanced Pro-Ject phono cables and classic RCA/ RCA cables

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

• Dimensions W x H x D: 460 x 150 x 340mm
• Weight: 10kg 

*TPE: Thermoplastic elastomer with high vibration damping, similar to Sorbothane®.

MC Quintet Red

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Output voltage at 1 kHz 5 cm/sec - 0.5 mV
• Channel balance - < 1.5 dB
• Channel separation at 1 kHz - > 21 dB
• Channel separation at 15 kHz - > 14 dB
• Frequency range at -3 dB - 20 - 25.000Hz
• Frequency response 20-20.000 Hz - +/-2.5 dB
• Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force *) - 65 μm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral - 15 μm/mN
• Stylus type - Elliptical
• Stylus tip radius - r/R 8/18 μm
• Tracking force range - 2.1-2.5 g (21-25 mN)
• Tracking force recommended - 2.3 g (23 mN)
• Tracking angle - 20º
• Internal impedance, DC resistance - 7 Ohm
• Recommended load impedance - >20 Ohm
• Cartridge body material - ABS/Aluminium
• Coil wire material - Copper
• Cartridge colour - Red
• Cartridge weight - 9 g