Welcome to a new generation of X-Line turntables. The X2 B features our revolutionary True Balanced Connection.
The latest version of X2 B ships with Ortofon's Quintet Red low output MC phono cartridge.
Note: To use this turntable in balanced mode, you must also also have a balanced phono pre-amplifier and balanced interconnects.
WHAT'S TRUE BALANCED?
Balanced audio connections are usually known from the professional sector like recording studios or live concerts. It is very important to have a stable & interference free connection, as these signals will be highly amplified. The same applies to the connection from your turntable to the phono preamplifier. The big advantage of a balanced connection is its ability to remove picked up noise and interferences. And best of all, cartridges by nature are already balanced signal transducers! With True Balanced your are simply using everything, literally everything, that your cartridge is picking up from the record groove. You are not throwing away half of the usable signal, like is done in typical single-ended RCA phono connections.
The X2 B comes with mini XRL and RCA outputs and with our standard semi-balanced Connect it Phono E RCA cable. By upgrading it to our fully balanced mini XLR to mini XLR version (available separately) and using a balanced phono stage, like our Phono Box S3 B or DS3 B, you are fully set-up for the True Balanced experience. This leads to increased dynamics, less noise and improved signal to noise ratios. You can imagine it, like hearing parts of your music that literally were not there before.
Features
- “True Balanced Connection” by Pro-Ject
- RCA phono & 5-pin mini XLR output
- Electronic speed control (33/45rpm)
- High-precision sub-platter design
- Stainless steel platter bearing with bronze bushing
- Teflon ‘mirrors’ for lowest possible rumble and noise
- 9” one-piece carbon-wrapped aluminum tonearm
- TPE-damped counterweight
- Azimuth and VTA adjustment
- High-mass (2kg, 30mm thick) resonance-free acrylic record platter
- Thick (50mm) CNC-machined plinth of top-quality MDF
- Finished in luxurious 8-layer paint or real-wood veneer
- Shielded semi-symmetrical low-capacitance phono cable
- Height-adjustable TPE-damped aluminum isolation feet
- Handmade in Europe
