Speeds: 33.3, 45rpm | Auto-stop: Switchable | Drive: Belt It’s lots of fun to listen to, but the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Evo is a very serious machine. It digs an awful lot of detail out of the groove of your record, and is completely unfussy about the sort of music you like to listen to. Its sound is warm and luxurious, but it doesn’t dawdle – instead it snaps along, integrating every area of the frequency range in the most natural manner. Its rigorous engineering, from the height-adjustable damped feet and decoupled motor assembly to the thermoplastic-damped steel platter, results in a sonic performance that’s long on the vinyl virtues and very short indeed on the drawbacks. Happily, the Pro-Ject looks, feels and – most importantly of all – sounds every penny’s-worth. None of this can be said to be remotely ‘entry-level’. It’s been on a relentless march upmarket since then, though, and in its current guise – this Debut Carbon Evo (£449) – it’s reached the point that it’s packing a carbon-fibre tonearm fitted with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, automatic speed-change (33.3, 45 and 78rpm are all available) and is available in a choice of nine (count ‘em!) finishes. When Pro-Ject introduced its ‘Debut’ turntable at the end of the last century, it was the company’s entry-level deck. Speeds: 33.3, 45, 78rpm | Auto-stop: No | Drive: Belt
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