Project Acryl It Acrylic Platter For Project Turntables

So we own a Project Debut Carbon (with Ortofon Silver cartridge & stylus) and were going to upgrade to the Esprit with Acryl It platter ans built in speed control but supplier couldn't source the colour we wanted and patience ran out so we ordered the Acryl It platter and Clamp It (thought record may slip when brushing it prior to playing it) we can live without the auto speed change as with the acrylic platter it's easier to see the spindle when replacing the platter after the belt move, it's lighter and no mat on top either to line up. We've been happy with the sound of the Debut Carbon (the Cork It mat was our first "upgrade" and we thought it added a bit compared to the felt mat) but had read reports of the improvement from the Acryl It platter but we were sceptical we'd hear it. Initially we played a 12" single back to back with original platter, Cork It mat and the new Clamp It and then the Acryl It platter and Clamp It - there is a difference, a positive difference but I'm not sure how to describe it - it sounds as though the bass is tighter/cleaner and more defined whilst the mid and higher notes/voices seem more defined within the music. We listen to music rather than the system but like it to sound good and this seems to have opened up the music making it easier and better to listen to. we've now played a few different records with the Acryl It and Clamp It combination and with each one the sound just seems more open and strangely easier to listen to, I'm not sure if that's because there's more detail or the sound is less cluttered (didn't think it was before but it seems more organised now) but either way I'm more than happy with the purchase. My wife's description of the change in sound is the music seems deeper, not tonally but more to listen to. It seems expensive compared to the original turntable but it is a major component and it has made a difference, oh and it looks nice on the turntable (ours is the matt black MSL Superfi addition hence the Silver cart ), so run this set up for a few months and then look at a bronze stylus in the silver cart :-) the slippery slope of upgrades

Looks amazing especially with the newly released DSOTM Single Sided UV 50th anniversary on the deck ! Sounds amazing too video is picking up the background sound of my HD650'S it it's made such a difference less pops and crackles and made the dynamic range a lot better ! Would 100% recommend to anyone who hasn't got one yet !

This is an expensive up grade , But the difference it makes to the appearance and of course the sound quality improvement is ground breaking ,every thing is so much more refined and clear well worth the money in my opinion , does it solve static problems i cant comment on that at the minute , But i dont use a mat and have no slippage that has been mentioned .. its great love it xx Another upgrade that is well worth doing is an isolation platform , and you can do this one on the cheap , i made mine from a granit black chopping board and bonded x 4 autophone rubber feet onto it and just sit the deck on it make sure its level and this will stop any feed back coming up through what ever you have the deck sat on in my case a cabinet on a wooden floor , its sounds naff but believe me it works and looks good and cost less than 20 bucks ...

Ok, it's hard to believe that an acrylic platter will improve sound, eh? Well, I can say that it really does! In a small way, but every improvement makes a difference. Firstly, you do not have to place your record onto a mat, and that means that there is little or no static. Secondly, acrylic is acoustically dead, which means quiet parts of your record will be even quieter. For example, when I play Talk Talk's 'Spirit of Eden', the 'space between the notes' as the late Mark Hollis stated as so important, are even more silent - and that's what you want. So yes, it's worth it, although it's initially a bit pricey. I can't vouch for aesthetics - it's a platter, it looks ok.

It is hard to make a decent comparison with the sound on my own system as I have changed from an Ortofon Red to Blue and changed to a Project Tubebox at the same time. The main reason to change the the platter is similar to a number of other reviews. The static always seems to make the default bit of rag that comes with Debut Carbon stick to the record every time you lift it off the platter.This does seem to have reduced the static build up a little although it is obviously less obvious now. My only comments would clearly be the price. It seems expensive to me but then most things are expensive when you start to look at a semi decent vinyl set up.

Great upgrade to pro-ject turntables. I bought this along with the aluminium sub platter which gave my Debut turntable a whole new lease of life. Simplicity to install, no technical knowledge required. Well worth the money.

Sharpens up your turntable, both sound and looks, with the added bonus that it's easier to find the centre spindle as it the same size as a record

Was a birthday present from my wife. It looks great, and I have a small LED light pointed at it so it illuminates and looks very cool. It has also overcome a problem with my previous slip mat picking up dust and transferring it from side to side and record to record. As for if it improves the sound, this is hard to say. I think there is a sound improvement, but who knows? The bottom line for me is that it makes my existing Project Debut III turntable look really cool. However, the elephant in the room is the price. If I had put another £200 to £300 toward the £110 this cost I could have upgraded to a new deck with an acrylic platter included, not to mention a new and better cart. But I like my current deck and throughout the 10 years I have had it it has never let me down and sounds great so, arguably, I have saved £200 on an upgrade that might not have brought anything extra to the party.

I've been using an acrylic slipmat, and to my ears it made a slight improvement to the sound, tightening the overall instrument presentation and separation. This acrylic platter does the same, with greater impact. Eliminating the resonance that is inevitable with a metal platter, even when damped, is worth the price of admission. Its anti-static nature is also a major feature. Aesthetically, it looks great. I love the transparent sheen on its own, and the way it picks up the color of the vinyl is great!

It looks great on my Pro-Jext Debut Carbon and now I don’t require the terrible OEM felt mat.

Revisé todos los comentarios antes de pedirlo, y todos tienen razón. Mejora notablemente las notas, sobre todo los sonidos bajos. Son más definidos.

I added an aluminium encasement to my Denon DL-103 cartridge, to damp its motor vibrations, enhance the rigid connection to the tonearm, as well as adding mass to the ultra light carbon tube tonearm on my new Pro-Ject Carbon Debut DC III turntable. This necessitated a bigger counterweight (75g), bought from Music Direct. The ones an Amazon.com were reviewed as being mispackaged 65g ones, so I didn't chance them. The DL-103 VTA looks like a jacked up muscle car- higher at the back. With any sort of math on the stock platter, the VTA was off a little bit. I just finished the easy swap out of the OEM metal platter, for the new and very cool looking acrylic one. As hoped the VTA looks much better, and things sound both more solid, and see through layered. It's a similar improvement to upgrading the tubes in a preamp, or phono stage. It's only expensive if it's not worthwhile, or if the improvement is attainable some other less expensive way. This is worth it, in my living room.

I tried the cheaper version of this acrylic platter and noticed that the there was a degraded sound compared to the original aluminum platter with a vintage rubber mat that I really liked. It took me another year to finally take the plunge on the original Pro-next Acrylic It platter. And boy! The sound exceeded my expectations! I now officially retire the old platter and favorite rubber mat. I have made all the necessary upgrades for my Debut Carbon TT. This will be the final one. Unless I decide to change the RCA cables. But I’m completely satisfied with the sounds that I’m hearing right now coming from my system.