The best turntables are often as beautiful to look at as they are to listen to, and this new turntable from Pro-Ject is a particularly pretty thing. Made from transparent acrylic, the Pro-Ject XA B turntable has head-turning good looks. And as you'd expect from Pro-Ject there's substance to match the style: the acrylic's there not just because it looks good, but because it's a material that can help the spinner to sound great.
According to the manufacturer (via What Hi-Fi?), the new turntable's acrylic plinth has excellent damping that results in a "wonderful sounding" turntable (if it does say do itself). It uses the firm's True Balanced tech, with a mini-XLR balanced output that promises to reduce noise and interference; that's an optional extra because you'll also need a balanced phono stage to take advantage of it, so the standard turntable comes with a high-quality phono cable.
