Pro-Ject X8 Evolution Audiophile Turntable | Gramophone

[@walterpen371]

Made in Austria. Don't worry about long reliability cause I still own a 1979 AKG K240 sextet headphones. Thumbs up to PROJECT. Thanks for sharing an excellent overview.

[@GramophoneMD]

Thank you for your kind words, Walter!

[@christophermarvin85]

When they press in the grounding screw to the anodized metal it does not make contact.To the rca plug.And you will have hum.

[@ptg01]

Gorgeous ! I wonder why the US unit come with a cheap Sumiko Moonstone whereas the rest of the world gets Ortofon Quintet Blue ? Per Pro-JECT (Non USA) , "The X8 comes factory set with or without an Ortofon Quintet Blue. This cartridge will perfectly set you up for the True Balanced experience" SMH....

[@GramophoneMD]

Hello PTG, yes, a beauty. Pro-Ject USA also offers this as a no-cartridge 'table so you can match any cartridge you like, as 'table fans often have strong loyalties to specific cartridges. They also offer it with Moonstone at a strong value price for the combo (already mounted) so that folks who just want to start have a complete package. Then you can move up to a better cartridge over time. Our belief; they chose Moonstone as it's a really good one for the $, yet they can offer it at a key price-point of $2,499.

[@alastorwyst9027]

I digitized my LPs at a sampling rate of 96KHz 24 bit but the recordings didn't sound very impressive on my Project-Audio DACs. I've just upsampled one of the PCM files to a very large DSD256 audio file sounds amazing to my ears. Sounds like a veil has been lifted over this recording.

[@GramophoneMD]

Thanks Alstor, we're glad to hear that it is working out for you

[@user-bq8rq8cv4g]

@ptg01 - The Ortofon Blue (or red) cartridge needs to be purchased separately in Canada as well.

[@hank8499]

With this level of turntable I would get a better cartridge then a 2m blue. I had one on a $500. Fluance and found it to be lacking in the lower mids and base, so it was a bit bright.

[@GramophoneMD]

Good Hank - this is a fine 'table, and can integrate well with a better cartridge, a wise investment. They do sell this as a 'table only for less money than with the Moonstone, which is actually a pretty good one for the money@@hank8499

[@TheMMadmaXX]

I wonder if it manages to still be agile and dynamic. I find that some of the mass-loaded turntables are a little bit lacking when it comes to that.

[@GramophoneMD]

Hello Mad, dynamic, yes - we're pretty happy with how this one performs given the very competitive price range that it's in

[@christophermarvin85]

Did they fix the ground problems.

[@GramophoneMD]

Hi Christopher, thank you for your comment. We're not sure what grounding issues you refer to re the X8, can you elaborate?