I tried the new Proteus on a Vertere MG-1 with SG-1 tonearm and got first class immediacy alongside excellent speed and bass power that resulted in very real sounding percussion on Bugge Wesseltoft’s Trialogue album. Double bass produced a gorgeous low throb and underpinned a full scale image that was totally separate from the loudspeakers, the sound being remarkably clean and controlled yet as pacey and dynamic as the turntable allowed.