Pro-Ject Primary E Phono Turntable with Ortofon OM Cartridge

With a smart design of the tonearm we were able to combine pure sound quality with an easy setup. Our Plug & Play design with pre-adjusted tracking force and anti skating has saved us costs and is extremely efficient in handling for our customers - with no compromise in sound. The lightweight and low friction aluminium tonearm is optimised for the Ortofon OM series and will bring out its maximum potential.

The Primary E Phono is equipped with a switchable phono or line output, so it can be run with a dedicated external phono preamp or the integrated phono preamp connected to a line input (for example AUX, CD, Tuner, Tape, etc.). With intelligent construction and without needless features we were able to keep the price attractive, whilst still keeping the Primary E Phono hand made in Europe.

The standard Primary E takes a mains feed directly to the motor assembly, but the Phono version uses a different motor and is supplied by a low-voltage wall-wart PSU to both the motor and the built-in circuitry. The phono stage is on the underside of the chassis and provides gain for the supplied pre-mounted Ortofon OM cartridge. A switch on the side enables you to bypass the built-in preamp to allow you to connect the turntable to an external preamp stage should you wish and there’s an external grounding post too. The phono section outputs to stereo RCAs and a good-quality interconnect is supplied. 

The rest of the design is identical to the Primary E package, so you get an 8.6in tonearm fitted as standard. This means the anti-skate and VTA are fixed and the counterweight comes pre-mounted at the correct tracking weight so that getting the Pro-Ject running is as simple as it can be, with the only minor challenge being to fit the belt. 

Features

Built-in phono stage
Switchable phono and line output
Belt-drive with synchronous motor
Ortofon quality cartridge
Vibration absorbing feet
Machined special composite fibre chassis
Light-weight, high-precision aluminium tonearm
Sapphire tonearm bearing
Gold-plated contacts
Stainless steel bronze bushing
Elegant dust cover with adjustable hinges
Silicon belt with optimum damping
Hand-made in Europe
Specifications

Outputs: RCA Phono/Line

Speed: 33, 45 (manual speed change)

Principle: Belt drive

Speed variance: 33: 0.8% 45: 0.7%

Wow & Flutter: 33: 0.29% 45: 0.27%

Platter: 300 mm with felt mat

Main bearing: Stainless steel

Tonearm: 8.6” aluminium

Effective tone-arm length: 218.5 mm

Overhang: 22.0 mm

Effective tonearm mass: 8.0 g

Counterweight for mass: 3 - 7 g (supplied)

Tracking force range: 0 - 25mN (18mN pre-adjusted)

Included accessories: Dust cover

Power consumption: 4.5 Watts max

Dimensions: 420 x 112 x 330mm (WxHxD)

Weight: 4.0 kg net