After more than 30 years, it is time to remember a classic Pro-Ject product, which was revolutionary at that time and still is. The P5 was the 5th product Pro-Ject released to the market.
Heinz Lichtenegger has always been looking for sound improvements, especially for analogue products. Soon he realized that the mechanical grounding of a turntable is essential for a clean and dynamically open, unaltered sound. Heinz got the best results by coupling his turntable to an object with big mass. The idea was to transfer any vibrations – coming from both external (footsteps) and internal sources (tracking of the record) – to that big body of mass. The real mass – also called mechanical ground – is either the wall (brick or concrete) or the floor. Mounting the turntable on a lightweight, stiff wall console or rack is the best way to transfer all resonances and vibrations to mass.
In face of this idea, Heinz Lichtenegger and his good friend Heinrich Prohaska designed a revolutionary wall console to fulfil this task. They based their design on research by the Vienna University of Technology.