Turntables — Pro-Ject Metallica Turntable

The Metallica Turntable is a distinctive collector's-edition turntable from Pro-Ject, its body featuring the band's logo of crossed lightning-bolt lettering, constructed from fibreboard with a metal-alloy top panel, an aluminium sub-platter, and a fully glass main platter. The Metallica Turntable brings Pro-Ject's considered engineering to a themed, band-collaboration analogue playback format.

Key specs that matter

Three speeds are supported - 33, 45, and 78rpm - via belt drive with a DC motor, with a pre-installed tonearm and a factory-mounted Pick it S2 C cartridge. The platter is a heavy glass design. Signal-to-noise is 68dB. At 430 x 120 x 430mm and 4.5kg, the Metallica Turntable maintains a distinctive turntable chassis wrapped in Metallica-branded styling.

Sound and use context

Expect a dependable performance reflecting the factory-matched Pick it S2 C cartridge and heavy glass platter, elevated by the distinctive Metallica-logo styling across the fibreboard body and metal-alloy top panel.

Pairing

The factory-matched Pick it S2 C cartridge comes pre-aligned, and the Metallica Turntable 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 band- and artist-themed alternatives within the same considered engineering philosophy.