Pro-Ject launches 24 different new EVO tonearms!!
It's not often you find yourself in front of companies like Pro-Ject, at the forefront of the High-End audio sector, which can offer such a vast assortment of upgrades.
New 24 tonearms to accommodate your turntable that comes in two categories Standard and Premium, three lengths (9, 10, and 12 inches), two different shapes (S-shape or straight) and finish,
The tonearm is one of the most important parts of a turntable and therefore not only influences, but also shapes the sound in a specific way. Pro-Ject did in-depth listening tests with different bearing types, tonearm materials and also cartridge combinations to develop the sound they are looking for. About 15 years ago, Pro-Ject designed and released the revolutionary EVO CC full carbon tonearm range. These tonearms were a huge success and with this experience they were able to further develop this new tonearm design.
Pro-Ject has been designing tonearms for more than three decades, following you can find 10 Insights published by Pro-Ject about a research where they tested many arms in listening- and measuring sessions with close to 50 cartridges of different types and technologies.
EVO Technology
Based on these 10 points, Pro-Ject designed the NEW EVO Tonearm series. The central idea is the super high mass gimbals with the ultra-low friction 4-point Swiss-made bearing assembly. They have found the best technical solution: 4-pin-point cardan bearings. They are very stable and have low friction to guarantee a beautiful soundstage and clean tracking. If you have medium to low compliance cartridges, getting a better sound than from EVO CC full carbon arm, as is featured on all our high-end products, is very difficult. However, for low-compliance cartridges it would be best to have more effective mass. For example: carbon-aluminium or aluminium s-shape arms.
The new EVO range is a big comprehensive family allowing you to find a tonearm with the effective mass and choice of materials that suits your cartridge the most. Pro-Ject offer the lightest options with a pure carbon tonearm tube to the slightly heavier carbon-aluminium sandwich constructions up to S-shape aluminium tonearms with premium SME headshells allowing for fine-tuning the weight even more, by experimenting with different headshell materials. Available in 9“, 10“ and 12“ lengths, standard black or hand-polished silver, and premium versions with stainless steel bearing block, silver tonearm wiring, and improved bearing block and counterweight design, this is the most complete tonearm range on the market right now!
Standard and Premium share the same core design, the difference is in the detail following the insight and findings described in the 10 points above.
• Higher gimbal mass by using stainless steel instead of aluminum
• Tonearm tube in the carbon version is a sandwich of aluminium and carbon, giving better damping and higher effective mass to use MC cartridges with low compliance on a one-piece tonearm
• Pure silver inner wiring
• Better damped counterweight with higher stability
• New construction of the inner gimbal to increase mass
• Selected main ABEC 7 Swiss bearings for ultra-lowest friction
All these details are not visible but make a massive difference in the compelling sound and imaging result: A much more open, cleaner, less distorted, and more extensive sound stage with rock-solid bass reproduction.
Pro-Ject offer the arm in simple matt paint or a high gloss hand-polished finish. The sonic difference between the two: None. Why is the High Gloss version more expensive? Because each HG tonearm is professionally hand-polished which takes 6-8 hours per arm!
EVO Tonearms High precision tonearms with carbon-fibre armtube:
• Flexible high-purity copper inner wiring
• Aluminium bearing block
• Ultra-low friction 4 pin point cardanic tonearm bearing
• Stiff and lightweight carbon tonearm tube
• TPE damped counterweight prevents resonances
• Accurate azimuth and VTA adjustment
• Outside ring is open to prevent bell-mode resonances
• Silicone-damped armlift can be adjusted to suit arm height
• Gold plated 5PIN DIN output socket
• Shiny aluminium parts polished by hand
• Available as CC Black & CC HG version in 9, 10, 12 inch
• Made in Europe
EVO CA Premium Top of the line high end tonearms:
• PREMIUM High purity silver inner wiring
• PREMIUM Heavy stainless steel bearing block
• PREMIUM New massive inner tonearm bearing design of solid ring type
• PREMIUM Inverted Swiss ABEC 7 quality 4 stainless steel tips in cardanic ball bearings - highest selection
• PREMIUM High precision CNC machined
• PREMIUM Carbon-aluminium sandwich tube construction
• PREMIUM New TPE damped counterweight design
• Outside ring is open to prevent bell-mode resonances
• Shiny aluminium parts polished by hand • Accurate azimuth and VTA adjustment
• Silicone-damped arm lift can be adjusted to suit arm height
• Available as CA Black & CA HG version in 9, 10 and 12 inch
• Made in Europe
EVO CC Black: 9“ 799€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 850€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 899€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO CC HG: 9“ 1.299€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 1.350€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 1.399€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO CA Premium Black: 9“ 1.399€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 1.450€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 1.499€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO CA Premium HG: 9“ 1.899€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 1.950€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 1.990€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO AS High precision s-shape tonearms
• Flexible high-purity copper inner wiring
• Aluminium tonearm tube with SME headshell
• Aluminium bearing block
• Ultra-low friction 4 pin point cardanic tonearm bearing
• Stiff and lightweight carbon tonearm tube
• TPE damped counterweight prevents resonances
• Accurate azimuth and VTA adjustment
• Outside ring is open to prevent bell-mode resonances
• Silicone-damped armlift can be adjusted to suit arm height
• Gold plated 5PIN DIN output socket
• Shiny aluminium parts polished by hand
• Available as AS Black & AS HG version in 9, 10, 12 inch
• Made in Europe
EVO AS Premium Top of the line high end tonearms
• PREMIUM High purity silver inner and headshell wiring
• PREMIUM Heavy stainless steel bearing block
• PREMIUM New massive inner tonearm bearing design of solid ring type
• PREMIUM Inverted swiss ABEC 7 quality 4 stainless steel tips in cardanic ball bearings - highest selection
• PREMIUM High precision CNC machined
• PREMIUM New TPE damped counterweight design
• Aluminium tonearm tube with SME headshell
• Outside ring is open to prevent bell-mode resonances
• Shiny aluminium parts polished by hand
• Accurate azimuth and VTA adjustment
• Silicone-damped armlift can be adjusted to suit arm height
• Available as AS Black & AS HG version in 9, 10 and 12 inch
• Made in Europe
EVO AS Black: 9“ 1.099€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 1.150€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 1.199€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO AS HG: 9“ 1.699€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 1.750€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 1.799€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO AS Premium Black: 9“ 1.699€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 1.750€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 1.799€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
EVO AS Premium HG: 9“ 2.299€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 10“ 2.350€ MSRP (incl. VAT) 12“ 2.399€ MSRP (incl. VAT)
The new EVO tonearm range is already available for all Pro-Ject turntables from X8 and upwards and RPM 5 Carbon and upwards.
There are extensive upgrade and trade-in offers to make the switch as easy as possible for anybody, more info to Pro-Ject dealers.
Please note that You must only upgrade your tonearm with the correct length the turntable was originally fitted with. A longer arm would only be an upgrade if the distance of the bearing block is adjustable to the platter – otherwise it would just be wrong geometry.
That's mean also that you can switch from a straight tonearm to an S-Shape or vice versa by keeping the original correct length.
