All direct descendants of that homely little turntable Lichtennegger spotted on a dimly lit shelf. Twenty five years later, Pro-Ject manufactures and markets worldwide a full line of turntables (some pricey) as well as reasonably priced phono preamps, speed controller boxes and A/D and D/A converters. I visited the factory some years ago and took many pictures that I will try to post on this site as soon as possible so you can see what went on there then that I'm sure has been greatly enhanced since. It was just what indie rock kids were looking for and could afford. It too was a fairly homely little number but it was inexpensive, worked well and sounded remarkably good. Lichtennegger contracted with the factory to build one to his specs and fit'n'finish, that he marketed under the Pro-Ject name. Lichtennegger paid a visit and found an amazing facility that machined everything in-house including every screw, nut and bolt found in that homely little turntable. The factory was mostly abandoned, but in one little corner they were still turning out this homely little turntable. He inquired and found out it was manufactured in the Czech Republic at a Soviet-era factory that once built just about everything including refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, televisions, you name it! Lichtennegger spotted a forlorn-looking piece of an all-black turntable sitting on a shelf somewhere or other that I can't recall. It just needed a defibrillator in the form of an inexpensive, well-made and reliable turntable. Vienna based audio distributor Heinz Lichtennegger believed as did many of us back in the 1990s, that vinyl was not dead. The Pro-Ject brand began as a vinyl lover's pipe dream. I guess Pro-Ject didn't wish to alert consumers to this adjustment lest they 'abuse' it, but it is there. But Craig Sypnier, owner of Audio Renaissance Turntable Shop in Rochester, NY alerted me to to the fact that there is an Allen screw countersunk into the arm tube as on the older Debut III tonearm and that by loosening it, it's possible to rotate the armtube and so adjust azimuth. Note: based on the instruction manual I assumed it was not possible to adjust azimuth on this new Carbon turntable.
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