![]() It’s more akin to the Debut Esprit, in fact. The Debut Carbon RecordMaster HiRes deck that forms the heart of this package is a three-speed (33.33, 45 and 78rpm) turntable, based on the Debut Carbon platform with an enhanced acrylic platter and an 8.6″ carbon tonearm, fitted with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge. To ram the point home, in very general terms, a vinyl-ripped source will sound better from a £500 turntable than a £250 turntable. The better the turntable source, the better will be the quality of the final ripped file. The latter is very important, incidentally. ![]() Pro-Ject has recognised this problem and has designed a ripping package that not only offers high-resolution file options, but also provides a top-quality analogue source to do the actual ripping. Either the quality of the final vinyl-ripped file has either been reasonable at best (that is, the resolution has been relatively low), or the quality of the source doing the rip has been average at best (via a turntable of a decidedly budget aroma). Well, actually, that last point has always been decidedly moot, because home-brew vinyl ripping has been hampered by two issues. If you want to listen to your favourite album on your DAP or via CD/USB/Bluetooth in your car or some such, then a ripped vinyl disc is not only a possibility, but also a desirable option, because you can control the process and, in comparison to the range of download and streaming facilities out there, you can produce a far higher-quality file. Analogue play is, though, horribly static in its form. Unless you’re in the habit of playing original master tapes via reel-to-reel, the vinyl disc offers the best quality sound you can currently find… in the world… bar none – no matter what digital file you wish to offer as a challenger. The notion of ‘ripping’ your vinyl to a digital file is becoming increasingly popular. Paul Rigby reviews the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon RecordMaster HiRes… If vinyl ripping is a big part of your analogue experience, then take a close look at this design.
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