A Pro-Ject T1 Turntable Tale!

a reader sounds off about a T1 then offers to send it for me to check out...here's what happened

A reader sent a distressed, somewhat angry email rant about how bad was Project's low priced T1 turntable ($599 with built-in defeatable phono preamp, Ortofon OM10 cartridge & electronic speed control) and how not being able to adjust anti-skating had ruined the Ortofon OM10 stylus and how Pro-Ject wouldn't honor the warranty, and on it went!

He said the anti-skating didn't work and wasn't adjustable. And that's true it isn't! That's the point of the T1. Take it out of the box, and place it on a flat surface, connect it up and it's ready to play! I asked him to send me the turntable so I could check it out. He agreed. When it arrived I opened the box up with a friend being the cameraman. This video tells the tale. I won't tell you what I found because that would give it away!

Towards the end I play a short excerpt of a record even though the stylus he sent me was pretty badly twisted. I straightened it out as best I could. The sound is picked up by the Bluetooth microphone associated with DJI Pocket 3 video camera.

Project's Heinz Lichtenegger who I've known since before he started Pro-Ject in 1991 (the thumbnail photo is from 2008) sent me details of the unadjustable anti-skating system and what I should look for to see if it was correctly manufactured. He also sent a new Ortofon OM10 stylus for the turntable so at the end of the video you'll hear how the turntable sounds properly set-up with the sound being directly recorded through the Lynx HiLo A/D converter. That's the tale!