The manual turntable is rapidly becoming the first choice of hi-fi enthusiasts everywhere. The reason why is quite simple. Today's enthusiasts are more knowledge able, more sophisticated and more involved with their music. And only the manual turntable can provide the involvement and performance they demand.
At Pioneer, this trend comes as no surprise. We have long recognized the superiority of the manual turn table. And long recognized a simple fact: a record changer in no way improves performance. It can detract from it.
As a result, we now offer the finest and most complete line of manual turntables available. Manual turntables that are designed with the needs of today's hi-fi enthusiast in mind. Turntables that are engineered for precision response.
When you get right down to it, good record playing equipment really has only two requirements uniform rotation of a turntable, and accurate tracing of a record groove by a tone arm and its cartridge.
Pioneer's engineers have long recognized that these requirements are best met by single-play turntables and precision engineered tonearms.
Our five new belt-drive and direct drive turntable systems mean you needn't settle for the higher wow and flutter and the poorer signal-to-noise ratios (rumble) of record changers.
Whether you're budgeted $100 or $300 for this vital element of your high fidelity system, there's a Pioneer turntable that outperforms any record changer in its price class.
Consider the performance advantages
Belt-drive, featured in Pioneer's PL-12D/II, PL-15D/II and PL-A45D, means smoother, more uniform platter rotation than can be achieved with typical idler-wheel/pulley arrangements normally found in record changers. Even chargers Bolt-drive tor Direct-drive motor rumble-free rotation reduces fact on equipped with synchronous motors transmit vibration to the turntable platter. This s picked up as low frequency rumble by the tonearm and cartridge. By driving the platter with a precision-finished belt, vibration is effectively absorbed before it can be translated to audible rumble.
Pioneer's direct-drive mode's, PL-55X and PL-71 go ever a step further in achieving noise-free precision platter rotation. The DC electronically controlled servo-motors used in these models rotate at exactly the required 33 1/3 and 45 rpm platter speeds. Their shafts are directly connected to the center of the turntable, with no intermediate pulleys or other speed reduction devices. This means no extra friction producing bearing surfaces.
Because or the unique technology embodied in these new, direct-drive motors, it's possible to control their speed electronically. This is more precise than any mechanical drive system. Both our PL-55X and PL-71 offer individual pitch control for both 33 1/3 and 45 rpm speeds. Their turntable platters are edge-fitted with stroboscopic marks, so you can adjust precise speed while a record is playing.
Electrode speed adjustment for each speed.
Both units are even equipped with a strobe light directed at the strobe marks for easy viewing.
Combine the best automatic features with manual operation While many hi-fi enthusiasts demand completely manual turntable operation, there are many purists who prefer semi-automatic operation.
Pioneer provides this extra convenience in the PL-55X and PL-15D/II. Both models incorporate automatic tonearm return and shutoff. When the record has finished playing, the tonearm automatically returns to the arm rest and the power is turned off.
Automatic tonearm return and shutoff Fully automatic operation in single-play The PL-A45D is completely automatic You don't ever have to touch :he tone arm when you play your records.
This 2-motor model has a special precision gear motor to exclusively handle automatic tonearm lead-in, automatic return, automatic shut-off and repeat play. And when you prefer, you can switch to fully manual operation.
The PL-71 and PL-12D/II, at both ends of Pioneer's turntable lineup, offer the total involvement that can only be attained by completely manual operation.
Superb S-shaped - tonearms for better tracking
The tonearm of every Pioneer turntable system is the S-shape design, for optimum groove tracking. All are statically balanced and all use adjustable counter weights with direct reading of tracking force. All have adjustable anti skate control and oil-damped cueing for the gentlest application of stylus tip to record groove. Lightweight plug-in cartridge shells insure positive electrical contact and optimum stylus position and angle for lower distortion and reduced record wear.
----S-shaped tonearm for better tracking
Unexcelled performance
Still, all of these features and refinements do not guarantee the performance specifications of Pioneer's new turntables. Each tonearm and turn table platter combination is shock mounted in its specially designed natural grain base (with hinged dust cover). Precision machining of all rotational parts plus continuous quality control insure that each will meet or exceed its published specifications -- a time honored tradition with all Pioneer components.
Choice of the professional
Engineers, experts and enthusiasts agree: to get the best performance, select a manual turntable. And to get the best manual turntable, you need a Pioneer. Every Pioneer manual turntable offers a level of precision and performance unparalleled in its price range. And every one is a total system -- with dust cover and base -- designed for years of professional, trouble-free sound reproduction.
U.S. Pioneer Electronics Corp., 75 Oxford Drive, Moonachie, New Jersey 07074 / West: 13300 S. Estrella, Los Angeles 90248 / Midwest:. 1500 Greenleaf, Elk Grove Village, Ill. 60007 / Canada: S. H. Parker Co.
There's a Pioneer turntable that's just right for your needs:
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PL-A450 PL-55X PL-71 Model PL-120/11 PL-150/11
Type Manual Semi-Auto. Fully Auto. Semi-Auto. Manual Drive System Belt, Belt-Belt Direct, Direct Drive Motor
4-pole synch. 4-pole synch. 4-pole synch. DC servo | DC servo
Speed Control -±2% -± 2% S/N (RUMBLE)
Over 48dB Over 48dB
Over 47dB Over 58dB Over 60dB Wow & Flutter (WRMS) 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.05% 0.05%
Tonearm Type Static Bal. "S" Static Bal. "S" Static Bal. "S" Static Bal. "S" Static Bal. "S
Tonearm Length 8 11/16" 8 1/4" 8 11/16" 8 11/16" 8 3/4 "
Turntable Dia. 12" 12" 12" 12 1/4" 12 1/4 "
Priced Under : $100 $125 $175 $250 $300
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PIONEER--when you want something better
(High Fidelity, Feb. 1976)
Also see:
KLH Research Ten Model Sixty Turntable