Pro-ject Xtension 10 Evolution Turntable
XTENSION 10 EVOLUTION TURNTABLE
XTENSION 10 EVOLUTION TURNTABLE
High-Mass Audiophile Turntable with 10″ Tonearm & Optional Sumiko Starling
Xtension 10 shares much with its big brother, Xtension 12. Designed with a smaller footprint and with a 10″ tonearm, it delivers much of 12’s performance in a more compact and less expensive package.
Incorporating decades of experience in turntable design and manufacture, Xtension 10 represents Pro-Ject’s technological efforts to address mass-decoupling and resonance reduction.
Beginning with the mass-loaded, magnetically-suspended sub-chassis and the precision-balanced sandwich alloy platter (recycled vinyl/alloy), the foundation of this system weighs in at a just under 50 lbs.
Additionally, Pro-Ject employs magnetic decoupling feet to prevent mechanical vibration from disturbing playback. The mass and isolation create an environment of extremely low resonance allowing music to emerge from an ultra-silent background.
A DC-driven AC motor with a two-step pulley and electronic speed control maintains perfect pitch and rhythm resulting in inaudible wow & flutter. Further reducing noise and vibration is the isolated TPE mounting board for the 10″ carbon-fiber tonearm.
The conical arm and integrated headshell are fashioned from a single piece of carbon fiber to avoid problems associated with standing wave reflections. Single-screw fixing of the armtube allows for easy azimuth adjustment if needed. The arm is fully adjustable for VTA and includes a high-performance, purpose-designed DIN-RCA phono cable (1.23m).
INFORMAION
BRAND
Pro-Ject
PRODUCT TYPE
Vinyl Player
WEIGHT
26kg (57.32lbs) net
DOWNLOAD
↓ User Manual
SKU
Xtension 10 Black Standard
CARTRIDGE
- Standard
- Superpack (Starling)
TRACKING FORCE RANGE
10-30mN (1.0-3.5g)
DIMENSIONS
- 40 × 48 × 23.5 cm (480 x 235 x 400mm)
- Standard : 18.90 x 9.25 x 15.75″
EFFECTIVE
- Effective tonearm mass : 8.5g
- Effective arm length : 254mm
POWER CONSUMPTION
2W max
OVERHANG
16.0mm
CARTRIDGE WEIGHT RANGE
4-14g (4 counterweights included)
INCLUDED
- Power Supply
- Dust Cover
TONEARM
10cc Evolution (10″ one-piece carbon fiber)
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE
73dB
SPEED VARIANCE
±0.09% max
WOW & FLUTTER
±0.01% max
PRINCIPLE
Belt-drive
MAIN BEARING
Inverted stainless steel with ceramic ball & antimagnetic support
PLATTER
10.3kg/300mm aluminum (TPE-damped)Principle
SPEEDS
33, 45 & 78rpm (electronic speed change)
FEATURES
- Super-heavy 22kg belt-drive turntable - Mass-loaded magnetically-suspended chassis - Precision balanced sandwich-platter - Inverted ceramic ball bearing with magnetic support - Heavyweight record clamp - Extremely low level of natural resonance - Perfect decoupling through magnetic feet - Electronic speed control (33/45/78rpm) - 10cc Evolution tonearm made from carbon fiber - Inverted tonearm bearings (ABEC 7 quality) - Dust cover included - Handmade in Europe
INSIDE THE PLINTH
RPM 9 & 10 Carbon, Xtension 9, 10 & 12 Evolution, and Signature 10 & 12 use plinths that are more than meets the eye. These high-end turntables not only use medium-density fiber (MDF, which absorbs resonance), but inside the plinths are also “central gravity points” filled will steel pellets. Drawing harmful resonance to the central gravity point all but eliminates the potential for plinth and bearing noise to reach the tonearm and cartridge. Pellets are used as opposed to a solid alloy due to their dispersion effect where a solid alloy may resonate. This design heightens the overall mass of these turntables as well, a well-known approach to optimizing sonics.
TONEARM UPGRADES FOR YOUR XTENSION 10 TURNTABLE
The Xtension 10 Evolution turntable ships with the adept EVO 10 CC tonearm with ABEC 7 quality bearings & a one-piece carbon fiber armtube. The EVO 10 CA Premium tonearm is available as a drop-in upgrade (no soldering needed). It features a one-piece carbon/aluminum armtube, high-purity silver tonearm wire, an upgraded bearing assembly using stainless steel and an improved TPE-damped counterweight on a threaded stub. Explore even greater versatility with the EVO AS and EVO AS Premium tonearms. These are curved options with replaceable headshells- especially good for phono cartridge collectors. The EVO AS Premium receives the same upgrades as the EVO CA Premium mentioned above.
TRUE BALANCED – GET BLOWN AWAY
-Setting us apart from the competition, all Pro-Ject turntables are configured for balanced operation.* Switching to balanced is no subtle upgrade and promises to redefine ‘reference’ sound quality in your turntable system. What’s needed to get there are a) a moving coil cartridge, b) a turntable with balanced phono outputs, c) a phono preamp with balanced phono inputs and d) a balanced cable carrying the phono signal from turntable to phono preamp. Typically a much more costly endeavor, Pro-Ject has changed that landscape by offering products that make the technology attainable to any serious listener. -Xtension 10 Evolution comes equipped with a balanced 5-pin DIN phono output and can be run balanced with either DIN > XLR or DIN > mini XLR phono cables and a balanced phono stage. The turntable ships with a DIN > RCA phono cable for maximum compatibility out of the box (unbalanced dual single-ended RCA/ground is by far the most common connection type in phono). Balanced add-ons are sold separately. Browse options for balanced phono preamps & cables in the reel below!
COLORS
COLORS
-Piano Black -Gloss Mahogany -Gloss Olive -Satin Walnut -Satin Palisander -Gloss Red -Gloss White -Satin Eucalyptus -Satin Walnut Burl -Gloss Walnut Burl
