The midrange and treble were just sublime from the Roksan. I did test the Pro with £1,000 worth of Roksan Attessa, expecting the Attessa to be vastly superior at £300 extra pounds notes and yes, it most certainly was. Bass is always handled well by this line but especially so by the Pro in terms of its naturalistic manner, how well it fits in the mix but also how is still manages to create a firm foundation for the rest of the music. Bass is a notable feature on all Debut turntables, especially for a belt drive deck. I found secondary percussion sat in a spacious area while tonal realism from the same was impressive.īass from this track was solid. ![]() Secondary percussion also had a more effective suite of reverb tails hanging from them while the lead vocal’s sultry, smoky, presentation was both musical and sexy in nature. For example, during the relatively quiet, bass area of the Spanish guitar – lower midrange I should really say – I could more easily follow the finger picks which were delicate, quiet and subtle in presentation. Saying that, there was more insight in the midrange from the Pro than the RP3. The soundstage was wider and more open, specifically around the stereo image section than the RP3 and slightly sweeter in the upper mids. The Debut Pro offers a choice of three speeds: 33⅓, 45 and 78rpm So does that mean that detail was smudged and foggy? No, not at all but detail arrived at your ears in a fluid stream of information as opposed to edgy packets. There was no grit or harshness in the midband at all. When I got to that point, I found the Pro’s midrange to be super smooth, almost romantic in its approach. I found myself upping the gain a few notches on my pre amp to find the same volume I was using with the Rega. First up was the low noise from this turntable. ![]() What hit me about the Pro, almost immediately – was pair of effects. This organic presentation offers a host of information-extruding possibilities but demands care if the turntable isn’t to lose control of the delicate details. So you’re looking at Gorme’s lead vocal plus a harmony backing of three voices plus Spanish guitar, bass and conga drums plus secondary percussion. I began my sound tests by grabbing a Rega RP3 and playing a track from Eydie Gorme’s Cuatro Vidas and the delightful Spanish language track, Vereda Tropical in which she is back by Y El Trio Los Panchos. If I get enough people asking for such a thing then I’ll certainly create such a feature. Give me a shout if you’d like to see that. If you’d like a second, upgrade-type feature then sure, I’ll look at upgrading the cartridge then. Hence, this review compares turntable ‘packages’. Another example was the Audio-Technica 140, which arrived with a DJ cartridge, not a cartridge aimed at home hi-fi listening. For example, the Lenco L-3808 review saw the cartridge obviously struggling during sound tests. The only other reason I would change a cartridge during a basic review when faced with a package-type turntable is when the bundled cartridge is really not fit for purpose ‘as is’. Something I’ve already done with the recently released Pro-Ject Debut EVO upgrade review, for example, where I also looked at eight different upgrade parts, including an upgraded cartridge, in a separate article. Hence, changing the cartridge here changes the tone of the feature from a basic review to an upgrade feature. Writing all of that up would also double the review’s size. It also takes the turntable upwards into a new category of price which means comparing it to higher-priced turntables which would only cause confusion in this review. More than that, as far as I’m concerned, as a reviewer, changing a cartridge on a package like this then constitutes what it is – an upgrade. They are a minority in the grand scheme of things, though. A few dedicated users will maximise the turntable’s potential sound quality and upgrade various parts of the turntable including the cartridge, sure. And they’ll stick with the default until they buy a brand new turntable. Most people will stick with what they’ve bought. More, the majority of people who buy such a package will not – I repeat, will not – change the cartridge at all during its working life. As is the tonearm, the platter and so on. Nowadays, most turntables sold over the counter at and under £1,000 come bundled with a pre-fitted cartridge. There was a time when most turntables under £1,000 arrived without a built-in cartridge. ![]() That’s the time you utilise a single cartridge type to maximise the turntable results but again, this is a package. ![]() That type of testing is fine if the turntable under review arrives without a cartridge. Doing that will not make any sense at all.
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