{"id":144204,"date":"2022-04-19T19:17:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=144204"},"modified":"2022-04-19T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:17:08","slug":"pro-ject-x8-new-ceramic-bearing-turntable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/pro-ject-x8-new-ceramic-bearing-turntable\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Ject X8: New ceramic bearing turntable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro-Ject has<\/b>\u00a0announced\u00a0the release of a new mid-range turntable, the\u00a0X8<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

It uses a belt drive, the\u00a05.1 kg<\/b>\u00a0disc is completely made of aluminum and is equipped with an additional damping polymer ring.\u00a0The turntable’s table is made of fiberboard and can be covered with white or black lacquer, as well as natural walnut veneer.\u00a0The disc is supported by an inverted ceramic bearing, and a built-in neodymium magnet reduces friction for added stability and smoothness.<\/p>\n

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Upgrade your phono cable to a Connect it Phono CC 5P\/XLR for a True Balanced Connection to our Phono Box RS2 or our new Phono Box DS3 B.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The turntable is equipped with\u00a0a 9-inch<\/b>\u00a0tonearm with a carbon fiber tube.\u00a0The turntable rests on aluminum feet with elastomer pads.\u00a0The Pro-Ject X8 weighs\u00a015 kilograms<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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Pro-Ject X8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pro- Ject\u00a0X8 turntable<\/b><\/a>\u00a0will be sold in the European market for\u00a02,000 euros<\/b>\u00a0without a head and\u00a02,300 euros<\/b>\u00a0with an Ortofon Quintet Blue MC head.<\/p>\n

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Pro-Ject has\u00a0announced\u00a0the release of a new mid-range turntable, the\u00a0X8\u00a0. It uses a belt drive, the\u00a05.1 kg\u00a0disc is completely made of aluminum and is equipped with an additional damping polymer ring.\u00a0The turntable’s table is made of fiberboard and can be covered with white or black lacquer, as well as natural walnut veneer.\u00a0The disc is supported by […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":144206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-144204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoreviewer.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}