SPECIAL PREMIUM TURNTABLE PLUS LIMITED EDITION TUBE BOX BUNDLE

PRO-JECT CLASSIC EVO WITH ORTOFON QUINTET BRONZE

The new Classic Evo is based on the successful EISA Award winner The Classic and the experience we won designing and building our icon turntable the 175 VPO. The main improvement is the sub-platter, where we used the experience we gained from designing the Vienna Philharmonic Record player to add key changes to the Classic Evo, adding performance features that are rarely seen in this price category. For improved comfort, an electronic speed change was built in, which lets you switch from 33 to 45 rpm (and vice versa) with the push of a button.

Compared to the old Classic, we improved the subchassis; we tried to make it heavier and stiffer to reduce resonances. Isolating the platter and tonearm from the resonances of the motor and main plinth is the target.

The heavy aluminium main platter construction utilises advanced thermo plastic elastomers (TPE*) for optimising resonance behaviour.

A drawback for most of the old designs was the platter. Casted platters all have been heavy (which is good for speed constancy and low wow and flutter) but suffered very much from ringing effects which again caused colouration of the sound. The platter of The Classic Evo is precisely machined out of a special aluminium alloy again damped with TPE*, which offers special damping abilities. The main bearing construction we use is a similar system as the one on the Vienna Philharmonic Record player.

The radical new designed Classic tonearm is the result of 25 years of experience in mechanical construction. The tonearm tube is made out of a sandwich of carbon and aluminium: carbon for stiffness and speed, alu for better damping. The bearing has been upgraded to the same type that is used on our Pro-Ject CC EVO tonearms. It facilitates frictionless vertical and horizontal movement, guaranteeing precise tracking across the entire duration of the record. The counterweight incorporates a TPE* damper which allows us to reduce the amplitude of the tonearm cartridge resonance frequency by 50%.

As typical for Pro-Ject and absolutely not standard at that price range we offer also azimuth and VTA adjustment to use a variety of cartridges.

SPECIFICATIONS

Speed: 33, 45, 78 (electronic speed change)
Drive principle: Belt drive
Platter: 300 mm aluminium
Mains bearing: Stainless steel
Wow & flutter 33: ±0.10 % 45: ±0.09 %
Speed variance 33: ±0.13 % 45: ±0.10 %
Signal to noise: 70dB
Tonearm: 9” carbon/aluminium sandwich tonearm
Effective arm length: 230mm
Effective arm mass: 13.5 g
Overhang: 18 mm
Tracking force: 10 – 30mN
Power connection: 110/120 or 230/240 Volt – 50 or 60 Hz
Power consumption: 5 watt max / < 0.5 watt standby Dimensions: (WxHxD) 462 x 131 x 351 mm lid closed Weight: 10.5 kg net Included accessories:15v DC / 0.8A power supply, dust cover

The more time I’ve spent with it the more I’ve come to appreciate some of its charms.

THE QUINTET STORY

Nothing demonstrates Ortofon’s long-standing resilience more than its commitment to the refinement of analogue sound quality and its continued development of new cartridge models. Since 1948 Ortofon has introduced about 100 different Moving Coil models. We believe the cartridges in this new series are more than worthy successors to the long line of models that has made Ortofon the global leader in the manufacture and supply of phono cartridges.

The MC Quintet Series is congruent with Ortofon’s unrelenting commitment to providing the most precise and accurate reproduction possible without coloration:

The sound will be very evenhanded with respect to all aspects. Classical music will be reproduced with power and open space around each of the instruments.

EXCLUSIVE – WITH ONLY 100 UNITS PRODUCED – AND WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE, TUBE BOX S2 ULTRA CHROME IS THE NEW PRE-PHONO FROM PRO-JECT DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR RECORDS, IN EVERY RESPECT.

Tube Box Information:

INNOVATIVE MINIATURE SIZED PHONO PREAMPLIFIER WITH TUBE OUTPUT AND HIGH END SOUND!

Tube Box S2 is our very first product to feature a fully discreet circuit design without using any operational amplifiers (OpAmps). It also is the first product to come with replaceable tubes for tube rolling and sound-shaping. This gives the customer many options to pick from and alter the sound signature to his preference. Tube Box S2 will give a full and relaxed laid back sound with lush mids, just like you would expect it from a much bigger high end tube phono pre-amplifier.

It offers support for both MM and MC cartridges and comes with many gain settings to be switched on the front panel. Five variable input impedance settings are available to adjust to any MM cartridge, the 47k ohms input impedance setting is fixed and suited for high output MC cartridges. The aluminium/metal casing is adapted to our DS2 line in looks and protects against vibrations and electromagnetic interferences for superior sound.

A true high end solution in a much smaller package!

FEATURES:

SUITABLE FOR MM AND MC CARTRIDGES

PRECISE RIAA EQUALISATION IN TWO PARTS, PASSIVE/ACTIVE

FULLY DISCREET CIRCUIT DESIGN WITHOUT OPAMPS

2X ECC83 VINTAGE HANDSELECTED ULTRA LINEAR TUBES (REPLACEABLE)

FRONT-SIDED SUBSONIC FILTER BUTTON

FRONT-SIDED GAIN CONTROL

ULTRA LOW NOISE CIRCUITRY WITH FET INPUT STAGE

DUAL MONO CIRCUITRY FOR OPTIMIZED CHANNEL SEPARATION

POLYSTYRENE CAPACITORS USED WHERE POSSIBLE

GOLD-PLATED RCA IN AND OUTPUTS

EXTERNAL POWER ADAPTOR AND MULTIPLE INTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES

WELL-FILTRATED HIGH-VOLTAGE ANODE POWER SUPPLY

SANDWICH ALU/METAL CASING PROTECTS FROM VIBRATIONS AND ELEC-TROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE

FINISHES: CHROME

***NOT AVAILABLE TO SHIP OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND***