Turntables — Pro-Ject Hard Rock Café

The Hard Rock Café is a distinctive collectible turntable from Pro-Ject, created in collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe, its plinth covered with a unique Hard Rock Cafe artwork making it both an excellent turntable and a genuine collector's memorabilia piece. The Hard Rock Café brings Pro-Ject's considered engineering to a themed, brand-collaboration analogue playback format.

Key specs that matter

Two speeds are supported - 33 and 45rpm - via belt drive, with a pre-installed tonearm fitted with a factory-mounted Ortofon OM5e cartridge. The platter is a 300mm MDF design with a felt mat. At 420 x 112 x 330mm and 4kg, the Hard Rock Café maintains a manageable turntable chassis elevated by its distinctive Hard Rock Cafe branded artwork.

Sound and use context

Expect a dependable performance reflecting the factory-matched Ortofon OM5e cartridge, elevated by the collectible Hard Rock Cafe artwork making this turntable as much a memorabilia piece as a functioning analogue source.

Pairing

The factory-matched Ortofon OM5e cartridge comes pre-aligned, and the Hard Rock Café connects straightforwardly to an amplifier with a built-in phono stage or an external phono preamplifier.

Alternatives

Pro-Ject's own broader collector-series turntables offer related brand- and artist-themed alternatives within the same considered engineering philosophy.