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Message: <blockquote data-quote="awvince" data-source="post: 1106339" data-attributes="member: 1264">For the past few years, sales of vinyl records have been <a href="https://newatlas.com/home-entertainment/vinyl-sales-beat-cd-first-time-since-1980s-riaa/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body" target="_blank">on the rise</a>, prompting many new listeners to search for quality turntables. Austrian hi-fi gear maker <a href="https://newatlas.com/home-entertainment/pro-ject-automat-a1-fully-automatic-turntable/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body" target="_blank">Pro-Ject</a> has announced its first turntable to feature "True Balanced Connection" technology for improved signal purity and the promise of more detailed playback.Where many budget and mid-range turntables come supplied with a Moving Magnet cartridge, the X8 ships with an Ortofon Quintet Blue Moving Coil cartridge (though it can be supplied without any cartridge).Though the turntable ships with a semi-balanced RCA cable that's connected to the new 5-pin port, to essentially cut any interference noise out of the equation listeners will need to plug True Balanced phono cables into an external balanced phono stage – both of which are available separately.<a href="https://newatlas.com/home-entertainment/pro-ject-x8-true-balanced-connection-turntable/" target="_blank">Pro-Ject X8 turntable</a></blockquote>