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Turntables — Pro-Ject The Classic Reference Turntable

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Pro-Ject The Classic Reference Turntable
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Pro-Ject has announced what is perhaps its most ambitious turntable yet, The Classic Reference Turntable. The company's announcement reads: “One of our career highlights was to create a superlative sounding and looking turntable with the world-famous Vienna Philharmonics for their 175 birthday. We used the original wood and metals of the original music instruments to manufacture 175 pieces. Today, these are in-demand and sought-after collector items.” Pro-Ject The Classic Reference Turntable looks beautiful and demonstrate natural “sound wall” listening expirience. The mofel based on The Classic EVO turntable and available with a hand-selected Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Anniversary cartridge. The sound of this MC-cartridge (manufactured by Ortofon according Pro-Ject’s specifications) was tuned with members of the Vienna Philharmonics.

Specifications

  • Model name

    The Classic Reference Turntable

  • Speed

    N/A

  • Drive

    Belt

  • Suspension

    Fixed

  • Tonearm preinstalled

    Yes

  • Tonearm model

    EVO 9 AS HG tonearm

  • Cartridge preinstalled

    Yes

  • Cartridge model

    VPO Anniversary MC

  • Platter

    300 mm aluminium with TPE damping ring

  • Motor

    N/A

  • Wow and Flutter (%)

    N/A

  • Signal to Noise (dB)

    N/A

  • Rumble (-dB)

    N/A

  • Dimensions (mm)

    460 x 131 x 351

  • Weight (kg)

    N/A

  • Official link

    https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/the-classic-reference/

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