Turntable
well below typical
Among the 40 turntables in the catalogue, this one is well below typical.
A band places a component against its peers and carries no price. It is deliberately the only price indicator on this page: a second one, measured against a different set, would narrow the two together far enough to give the figure away.
30th anniversary celebration model.
WhatHiFi 5-star equivalent of Debut Carbon EVO line.
Assessed against 6 rivals across the sixty systems: it takes the slot in none of its 45 head-to-heads.
The dimension the engine names as the weakest link, counted across every head-to-head it lost.
17 lost · Anchored, Artisan, BBC Sound, Cavity-Native, Characterful, Intimate, PRaT, Reference, Romantic, Silent Path
Against the Anchored brief, the Vertere DG-X Sabre Lite Pack keeps the slot decisively.
With the Vertere Groove Runner X, the pairing gives up most on mechanical hush.
On its own merits the Pro-Ject Debut Pro (with cart) is the weaker record deck for that brief.
It sits well below the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.
17 lost · Anchored, BBC Sound, Cavity-Native, Intimate, PRaT, Reference, Romantic, Silent Path, Vocals-First
Against the Vocals-First brief, the Technics SL-1200G keeps the slot by a whisker.
On its own merits the Pro-Ject Debut Pro (with cart) is the weaker record deck for that brief.
It sits well below the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.
7 lost · Anchored, Artisan, Cavity-Native, PRaT, Reference, Silent Path
Against the Silent Path brief, the Michell Gyro 2025 keeps the slot by a whisker.
With the Michell TecnoArm 2, the pairing gives up most on mechanical hush.
On its own merits the Pro-Ject Debut Pro (with cart) is the weaker record deck for that brief.
It sits well below the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.
2 lost · Silent Path, Vocals-First
Against the Vocals-First brief, the Technics SL-1500CS (with cart) keeps the slot by a whisker.
On its own merits the Pro-Ject Debut Pro (with cart) is the weaker record deck for that brief.
1 lost · Vocals-First
Against the Vocals-First brief, the AVID Volvere SP (no arm) keeps the slot by a whisker.
On its own merits the Pro-Ject Debut Pro (with cart) is the weaker record deck for that brief.
It sits well below the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.
1 lost · Silent Path
Against the Silent Path brief, the Origin Live Sovereign Mk5 (no arm) keeps the slot by a whisker.
With the Origin Live Encounter Mk5, the pairing gives up most on mechanical hush.
On its own merits the Pro-Ject Debut Pro (with cart) is the stronger record deck — but it loses here on fit: the pairing with the Origin Live Encounter Mk5 gives up mechanical hush under the Silent Path weighting.
It sits well below the share of the budget this brief aims at the record deck position.
rhythms and tempos are given good levels of expression What Hi-Fi?, 2022· Timing precision
a suitably spacious and layered soundstage What Hi-Fi?, 2022· Spatial naturalness
good timing/expression PROXY: Pro-Ject Debut/X-line· Timing precision
spacious PROXY: Pro-Ject X-line· Spatial naturalness
| drive type | belt |
|---|---|
| speeds rpm | 33.33/45/78 |
| speed change | manual belt-shift |
| platter material | aluminium with TPE damping ring |
| plinth material | MDF (8-coat satin black) |
| suspension type | TPE-damped metal feet |
| supplied tonearm | ProJect-Tonearm-86c |
| supplied cartridge | Ortofon Pick-IT Pro MM |
| weight kg | 7.0 |
| notes |