The Pro-Ject Debut III is an ideal turntable for those entering the world of hifi vinyl listening. It features an Ortofon OM 5E moving magnet cartridge with heavy two-piece 10″ steel platter and felt mat, a precision bearing system, one-piece aluminum tonearm, and plays your collection at 33-1/3 and 45 rpm speeds.

Experience Precision

The first Debut turntable, introduced in the late 1990s, was a revolution for the hi-fi industry. The Pro-Ject PJ65180668 Debut III, built to set new standards for the coming decade! The most obvious improvement is the inclusion of a Carbon tube for the tonearm. Which increases stiffness and decreases unwanted resonance. Together with other improvements, an increase in platter size and weight for smooth rotation. Clear and direct overall sound quality.

The approved belt drive design offers a low noise AC motor with effective motor decoupling (utilising TPE-damping) and also ultra precision frequency DC-driven AC generator (like the Speed Box) for ultimate speed stability without unwanted vibration. The Phono RCA cable, Connect it E, is a high-quality semi-balanced interconnect cable with gold-plated RCA connectors, guarantees the perfect connection for the Pro-Ject PJ65180668.

A quiet running AC motor with a two-step pulley drives the hub and platter via a flat-ground belt. The medium density fibre plinth stands on four fet which act as shock absorbers. The motor is decoupled from the plinth to reduce vibration transmission. Also The platter is a sandwich construction utilising the hub, a sheet-steel platter weighing 1.3kg and a felt mat. The platter’s low-tolerance chrome-plated stainless steel axle runs on a polished ball bearing in a brass bearing housing. External power supply avoids potential electro-mechanical interference

The Pro-Ject PJ65180668 turntable comes with the Ortofon OM5E MM-cartridge fitted. Uniform material: the tonearm tube and bearing housing, made from aluminum. The headshell and undamped armtube, fashioned from a single piece. The inverted horizontal bearings consist of two hardened stainless steel points bearing in sapphire cushes. Also flexible counterweight shaft avoids vibration at undesirable frequencies. Lastly, the counterweight is suitable for cartridges weighing between 3 and 5.5 grams.

• A quiet running AC motor with a two-step pulley drives the hub and platter via a flat-ground belt.
• The medium density fibre plinth stands on four feet which act as shock absorbers
• The motor is decoupled from the plinth to reduce vibration transmission
• The platter is a sandwich construction utilizing the hub, a sheet-steel platter weighting 1.3kg and a felt mat
• The platter’s low-tolerance chrome-plated stainless-steel axle runs on a polished ball bearing in a brass bearing housing
• External power supply avoids potential electro-mechanical interference

Tonearm Details

• The turntable is supplied with Ortofon OM 5E MM-cartridge fitted
• Uniform material: the tonearm tube and bearing housing are constructed from aluminum
• The headshell and undamped armtube are fashioned from a single piece
• The inverted horizontal bearings consist of two hardened stainless steel points bearing in sapphire cushes
• Flexible counterweight shaft avoids vibration at undesirable frequencies
• The counterweight supplies is suitable for cartridges weighing between 3-5.5g.
• Single-screw fixing of artmtube allows rotation for easy adjustment of needle azimuth despite fixed headshell.
• The internal wiring consists of high-grade flexible copper from the headshell right through to the connection cable.
• The connection cable has gold-plated plugs and appropriate capacitance and inductance values.