The essential will do much the same to start with, it is after all what Pro-ject advertise as being the essentials, the minimum.
As it stands it will be a great TT that sounds wonderful and will play records in a way that is engaging. It should have slightly better tolerances, bearings and tweak-ability. I'd be tempted to get the lowest of the Debut line as it will give you a bit more. I think they've got good bearings and wiring and 'have it were it counts' at the price range they offer. But a Pro-ject's not going to take heavy party use. But that's good - all the basics are there and many of these things are there to reduce the turntable to it's essential - the very least required to get quality sound. The tonearm rest has no locking mechanism, there's no auto return, the queuing lever is very lightweight, the antiskate is thread and weight. I don't mean flimsy as in shoddy, I mean as in stripped down the basics - somewhat fragile if you will. No way is it twice the cartridge).Īll Pro-jects are a bit flimsy compared to say a Technics SL1200 (but what isn't). All these differences come at a substantially higher price (a 2m is twice the price of an OM10. However, I believe the 2m range is basically Ortofon repackaging the older OM with a few minor internal electrical changes in a new case with slightly higher sound output and slightly different compliance (compliance is how the stylus 'springs' against the record surface relative to the weight of the tonearm - this can be very technical and not worth worrying about at this stage if you're new to vinyl). Most amplifiers have volume controls so that difference can be adjusted :D The 2m will immediately sound louder as it is slightly higher output and that might make it seem very different when you first hear it. The 2m has lots of people here that love it, and lots that hate it. These are all good to excellent entry level cartridges that can be upgraded with a new stylus to high end (i.e. Ditto the OM5e - the differences between a 5 and 10 are pretty small and both have bonded elliptical stylus' (as does the 2m Red). The older OM10 is the equivalent and it's probably a better match for Pro-ject tonearms anyway. I personally wouldn't pay that much extra for a 2m Red cartridge. Again carbon might be better but subtly better as more rigid equals less resonance so the vibrating stylus is less distorted. We're not talking the end of fishing rod with a marlin running hard off it. I mean cartridges weigh between 5g and 6.5 grams in the case of the OM and 2M cartridges. It might be more rigid than aluminium but the aluminium is probably rigid enough. I suspect the carbon arm is very entry level and not the same as a carbon arm on some esoteric high end table. They make good arms for the prices they charge. On paper perhaps, but Pro-ject have been making aluminium arms for a long time. I don't believe that in this entry level area of TT choices that a carbon arm is better than an aluminium one. The acrylic *might* provide a subtle difference to the sound because it's less resonant than metal or mdf but that might not be evident with your ears / system. But it would be a bit heavier than the mdf platter on an essential. The Pro-ject's with the acrylic platter have a platter that weighs the same as the metal alternative on the debut's - so no weight stability advantage there. The idea with belt drive turntables is that a heavier plater gives better speed stability. Speed regulation might be a useful feature and it might not. Otherwise it's the same basic idea for both ranges: motor>belt>platter. the motor can electronically regulate the speed to be more exact than a non-regulated motor. Wow, there's a lot of choices in the Pro-ject range! I don't have any experience with the current range but I have a few thoughts as a Pro-ject turntable owner myself (of a much, much older Pro-ject 6).įor me the key difference between the Essential range and the Debut range is that the later has a 'speed-box' type of feature - i.e. Welcome to the world of vinyl records and to this forum!
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