![]() The Debut is a nicely executed piece of equipment with the advantage of electronic speed switching, the latter being an intuitive system press once and the 33.3rpm light flashes until speed is stabilized, press twice for 45 or one long press will turn it off. This saves them money and us fiddling around, and so is a welcome – if perhaps controversial – move. It’s interesting to note that Rega has abandoned bias adjustment on its entry level arms because moving magnet cartridges tend to have similar downforce and anti-skate requirements. Anti-skate bias is provided by a weight and thread as has always been the case with Pro-Ject arms, and while it’s a slightly fiddly business to put on you only have to do it once. It would be easier if there were a mark along the top of the arm stub to align the downforce dial, but you can get pretty close to the desired 1.8 gram tracking force by eye from the cartridge end. All you have to do to set the arm up is twist on the counterweight until the arm is balanced then attempt to align the zero point on the dial with the peg sticking out the back of the bearing. This attractive turntable is supplied with an Ortofon 2M Red moving magnet cartridge installed in the headshell of the one-piece carbon-fibre tonearm. In an effort not to fill the review by repeating this deck’s full title, I’ll call it Debut from now on. So there is a logic to the nomenclature, albeit not one that extends to the name appearing on the turntable itself in fact, there is no visible branding at all. Which leaves ‘SB’ and that stands for Speed Box, which is not a separate box but denotes electronic speed switching. The Debut Carbon Esprit SB is so-called because it is has a ‘Debut’ plinth and is top of that parituclar range, ‘Carbon’ becaue of the carbon fibre tonearm and ‘Esprit’ because that’s an old Pro-Ject appellation for acrylic platter models. The turntable range from Pro-Ject now extends to 23 models, so it’s no wonder that when a new one comes along, it can wind up with a rather unwieldy name.
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