Pre loved Pro-Ject Audio Xtension 10 Turntable available with Nagaoka MP500
With Cartridge: $3,200.00
This is a close to flawless example of Pro-Ject's top flight turntable. This comes with a Nagaoka MP500 cartridge featuring a nude line contact diamond and a low mass ultra stiff boron cantilever.
The cartridge has about 300-350 hours on it. Its basically a moving magnet - Nagaoka call it a moving permalloy
The Xtension 10 is finished in high gloss Mahogany. There is one small knick on the front edge which the owner touched up - see images. The lid has very few scratches. All in all this is in great shape and a beautiful example.
Here is the technical run down.
The Xtension 10 chassis is made from MDF filled with metal sand, that gives high mass and is non-resonant. Magnetic feet, which decouple the main plinth from its base, are combined with a weighty 22 kg total turntable mass. With these two magnets located in the feet, the turntable is practically floating.The result is a unique combination of ‘mass loaded’ and ‘floating turntable’ design principles. Instead of the old standard adoption of pure metal used for the main platter, we’ve found a perfect alloy which we damped on the inner side with Sorbothane®. Additionally we’ve glued recycled Vinyl records to the top (which act as a perfect mat) and bake this ‘sandwich’ before precision balancing it. The final product subsequently benefits from a wonderfully resonance-free, heavy platter, that runs ultrasilently on an inverted ceramic ball bearing with magnetic suspension. The Pro-Ject 10” Evolution with its tonearm base also benefits from ‘high-mass’ technologies, and is isolated from the main board by a sheet of Sorbothane®. To use this tonearm with a wide range of top quality phono cartridges, from 4 to 14 Grams it comes with a set of 4 different Sorbothane®- damped counterweights.
The Xtension 10 Evolution comes standard with the premium tonearm cable 5pin > RCA cable.
In the box:
Xtension 10 Evolution with a Nagaoka MP500 cartridge
Connect it 5P-C RCA Cable (Upgrade option: 5P-XLR)
Dust cover
Adapter for 7“ singles
Record puck
Counterweights for 4-14g cartridges
Power supply, allen key, spirit level