Pro-Ject's eye-catching deck is here to put the colour back into your records

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The Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2 has landed

Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2
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Pro-Ject brought the colour to this year's High End Munich expo. The established audio brand took this year's event as a chance to showcase a variety of its coveted turntables, both established and brand new, including the never-before-seen Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2 deck. 

Following on as the sequel to the original Debut Carbon Evo turntable, the colourful spinner comes with a number of important improvements and features which, says Pro-Ject, offer unparalleled value and quality at what is a relatively reasonable price point. The belt-driven deck comes equipped with Pro-Ject's own moving magnet Evo cartridge plus an 8.6-inch carbon tonearm with sapphire bearings, which has been streamlined for greater tracking precision and audio reproduction. 

The new deck's rather handsome chassis is constructed using resonance-resistant MDF. It incorporates a damped aluminium platter for greater stability and less noise or unwanted vibrations that could affect your vinyl's sonic fidelity. The belt-driven player is capable of playing at 33.33 and 45 rpm speeds via an electronic switch. 

Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2 in red finish

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Pro-Ject's colourful new deck comes equipped with a phono output that boasts gold-plated sockets, as well as a dust cover, felt mat and power supply all included in the box. You're not short on colour options, either, with Pro-Ject offering a choice of white, black, yellow, blue, green or wine red satin finishes alongside red, white or black gloss exteriors. If you want to go for a more natural look, there is also a classic walnut skin.

Whichever finish you go for, the new Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2 turntable is priced at €699, although further prices are pending. We'll keep you updated as soon as we have more information on the exciting new player. 

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Harry McKerrell
Harry McKerrell
Senior staff writer

Harry McKerrell is a senior staff writer at What Hi-Fi?. During his time at the publication, he has written countless news stories alongside features, advice and reviews of products ranging from floorstanding speakers and music streamers to over-ear headphones, wireless earbuds and portable DACs. He has covered launches from hi-fi and consumer tech brands, and major industry events including IFA, High End Munich and, of course, the Bristol Hi-Fi Show. When not at work he can be found playing hockey, practising the piano or trying to pet strangers' dogs. 

1 Comment Comment from the forums
  • Rui
    well, i don´t even consider it a turntable but a horrible vinyl player , good sound , you should compare it with the cheapest turntable ,Technics sold in the 70´s and using it´s original, cartridge and stylus ,it would cost today if quality of sound means anything at least 7.000€ by comparing the quality with the new debut EVO, that some years ago i was ofered a new one after putting it to work ,even looking cheaply built i thought it would reveal a aceptable sound but the sound coming out from it was like ,so low i couldn´t believe, i tried to talk to the friend who ofered me it and i remenber seeing a technics turntable in the floor of his room where he stores all hi-fi material, he´s not using and asked him, if he wouldn´t ofer instead the turntable i saw on the floor , he said "if you like it , take it, it´s your´s " and i did it ,well it was a SL-3100 from 77 ,kind of a SL-1200 ,no auto-return and had the most seen cartridge on technics turntables the 207C with a EPS-270ED ,elyptical built by nagaoka as it was usual ,only in the late or mid 80´s the stylus started to be built by Audio-Technica ,at the time was a regular cartridge maybe the most used in the world as it was cheap , the stylus and today what would be the cartridge with the same quality using a elyptical stylus ,i never found one and tried a lot of cartridges, it starts to read the disc perfect with loud sound not 10X lower volume like the most of the sold today, i think this new wave is snake oil to steal from people, i guess there´s more people who grew up in those days and had a turntable, i would like to read about ,others experience.
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