Pro-Ject T2 Super Phono

The T2 Super Phono is the T2 with an MM phono preamplifier on board: a belt-drive turntable with a 9-inch aluminium tonearm and Sumiko Rainier cartridge that plugs straight into a line input. The phono stage can be bypassed.

T2 Super Phono: what is inside

What separates it from the T2 is the phono stage inside: a two-stage moving-magnet circuit with split passive equalisation, the same layout Pro-Ject introduced on the T2 W. The T2 Super Phono has more board space available, and the maker used it to refine both the circuit and the placement of the parts. The stage can be switched off, which is useful the day you move to an MC cartridge and an external phono preamplifier.

Everything else is the T2's mechanics. A solid CNC-machined chassis with no plastic and no internal voids; a 1.7 kg glass platter, 10 mm thick, topped by a felt mat; a bearing in stainless steel and brass. The belt carries the motion and the electronics look after switching between 33 and 45 rpm. Quoted figures are a 67 dB signal-to-noise ratio and wow and flutter of 0.19% at 33 rpm.

The 9-inch aluminium arm (230 mm effective length, 9.5 g effective mass) carries the Sumiko Rainier, an MM cartridge hand-made in Japan. The spring anti-skating can be adjusted. Supplied with it are the lid, an adaptor for singles, a 15 V universal mains adaptor and an RCA lead. Production takes place in Europe.

Specifications

• Speeds: 33 and 45 rpm, switched electronically
• Drive: belt
• Built-in phono stage: two-stage MM with split passive equalisation, defeatable
• Speed deviation: 0.6% at 33 rpm, 0.5% at 45 rpm
• Wow and flutter: 0.19% at 33 rpm, 0.17% at 45 rpm
• Platter: glass, 10 mm thick, 1.7 kg, felt mat on top
• Main bearing: stainless steel and brass
• Signal-to-noise ratio: 67 dB
• Tonearm: aluminium, 9-inch
• Tonearm effective length: 230 mm
• Tonearm effective mass: 9.5 g
• Overhang: 22 mm
• Anti-skating: spring type, adjustable
• Cartridge supplied: Sumiko Rainier (MM)
• In the box: lid, felt mat, adaptor for singles, mains adaptor, RCA phono lead
• Power: external universal adaptor, 15 V DC, 800 mA
• Dimensions: 465 x 135 x 347 mm (width, height, depth), lid shut
• Net weight: 5.5 kg
• Finishes: black, white, walnut