Pro-Ject X8 with Ortofon MC Quintet Blue

Height-adjustable metal feet with TPE damping

Inverted platter bearing with magnetic support

Pro-Ject 9cc Evolution tonearm

33/45 rpm (electronic switching)

Dust cover included

• The technology highlights of the Xtension series at an even better price 

The X8 combines the sonic advantages of a sub-chassis and mass-loaded turntable and offers a low-cost entry into mass-loaded technology and the True Balanced connection variant. The platter, weighing over five kilograms, is precision-turned from a single piece of aluminium and is internally immobilised with a ring of TPE*. An inverted platter bearing with ceramic running surfaces ensures absolutely precise and controlled guidance. The magnetic support with mutually repelling neodymium magnets relieves the bearing of a large part of the platter weight. This significantly improves the smooth running of the bearing.

The chassis is made of solid MDF. It stands on aluminium-turned, TPE-damped feet with height adjustment. This allows perfect alignment on and optimal decoupling from any surface.

The Pro-Ject X8 is also available as a SuperPack, which comes with a factory-mounted Ortofon Quintet Blue MC cartridge. 

The immaculately crafted high-gloss finish in black or white, or alternatively the real wood veneer in walnut, add a choice of modern or classic touches.

• Chassis

Chassis in high-gloss black, high-gloss white and walnut real-wood veneer

The solid chassis made of compressed wood fibres stands on three height-adjustable aluminium feet with TPE* damping

The resonance-optimised, 5.1 kg platter is a sandwich construction of a polished aluminium platter damped with TPE* and a felt pad (replaceable).

The inverted platter bearing consists of an upright stainless steel axle with a ceramic ball on which a bushing with a ceramic bearing base rotates; a supporting magnetic bearing with neodymium magnets carries most of the load

Integrated motor control with electronic speed selection between 33 and 45 rpm 

Outsourced power supply unit to protect against mechanical and electromagnetic interference

A transparent, hinged plexiglass dust cover is included

• Pro-Ject 9cc Evolution tonearm

Straight 9-inch tonearm

The conically shaped tonearm tube and the headshell are made of carbon fibre without attachments.

The tonearm tube can be twisted after loosening a screw. This allows horizontal (azimuth) adjustment of the cartridge.

The tonearm base offers an adjustment of the vertical pick-up angle (VTA)

Inverted tonearm bearing with ABEC 7 quality ball bearings

A 5-pole tonearm standard socket makes it possible to connect individual phono cables

Tonearm cable Pro-Ject Connect it 5P-E (length approx. 123cm) enclosed

True-balanced capability in combination with fully balanced Pro-Ject Connect it 5P-XLR tonearm cable (sold separately)

• Connection

Phono input on amplifier or external phono preamplifier

• TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Dimensions W x H x D: 465 x 150 x 350mm, 465 x 415 x 420mm (bonnet open)

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

Ortofon MC Quintet Blue

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 - 20-25.000 Hz
• Frequency response 20-20.000 Hz - +/-2.5 dB
• Tracking ability at 315 Hz at recommended tracking force *) - 70 μm
• Compliance, dynamic, lateral - 15 μm/mN
• Stylus type - Nude 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 - Pure 4-nines copper
• Cartridge colour - Blue
• Cartridge weight - 9 g