The tonearm is delivered with one diamond-cut alu headshell with 12-grams mass. It´s easy and superfast!Īvailable as an option: alternative headshells To make the installation of different cartridges even easier, you can adjust overhang at the tonearmbase and adjust the VTA via a hand-set without any additional tool. Most common S-shape arms use ball race bearings with much higher friction, which tends to sound slow in an arm with high effective mass. To keep the speed of the Pro-Ject sound, we use a special oil-damped uni pivot design. The classic S-shaped tonearm tube is made from special aluminium with highest internal damping.
We use different alloys of metal and aluminium, all worked on the highest precision CNC machine with diamond cutters. For this you need a detachable headshell to ensure easy and quick changeovers. Additionally, many customers today want to use different cartridges with different sound types depending on the music style. Such cartridges need a heavier arm with more internal damping.
However the high-end analogue market has moved to a more classic design and use of relatively heavy cartridges with low compliance and low resonance frequency. So, this is also an ideal tonearm for direct mounting of SPU cartridges. A unique counterweight construction allows you to balance cartridges from 5 up to 25 grams (excluding headshell) depending on weight of the chosen headshell (up to 37 grams with ´Alu´, up to 39 grams with ´Carbon´, up to 41 grams with ´Wood´). They are responsible for our famous lively, fast and dynamic sound, even in lower price ranges. This tonearms perform best with all MM cartridges and MC cartridges with middle compliance. The Pro-Jects tonearm philosophy normally uses stiff, one piece, mid to light weight designs with Cardan pin point bearing. Signature tonearms: Beautiful pieces of design and mechanics