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he Debut is a model that has been on Pro-Ject’s books for 20 years, and has proven its most popular turntable design, indeed. It was originally released at the end of Pro-Ject’s first decade, as Heinz Lichtenegger continued to expand on his belief in vinyl and turntables at a time when CDs ruled, and precisely when most music fans were discovering how to obtain endless music files via internet peer sharing from the likes of Napster and Limewire. In the long run, of course, those early downloads have proven to be hideously low-res unplayable junk, while vinyl has reversed its decline and pushed past CD in both sales and (enormously so)

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