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Pioneer PL-400 Reviewsdisplaying reviews 1 to 11 of 11
Pioneer PL-400
very reliable turntable. with a good stylus it can compete with many turntables that cost a lot more in its time. solid and very quiet.
I have bought this turntable (in black / 400X) to do some quick repairs and flip it, but it has never left the house.
It's performing way better than it looks. Mine has the Audio Technica AT120E cartridge fitted and it's a really good match.
Inherited from my dad, he got it in 1979, great play accuracy in speed and stability. Playing my color vinyls on it. My treasured piece.
Most retarded automatic implementation I`ve seen in Japanese turntables. good motor and tonearm unacceptable stupidity of size selector.
Going to rate this high. It's almost as old as me after all (and runs way better). After I bought my partner a cheap turntable turntable, what they say about quality vintage gear is right. I paid £100 for this, roughly the same as I did on the last turntable and there's no comparison. Built like a tank compared to a modern equivalent price wise. It was fitted with an AT410e when I got it, don't have any experience of this cart, it seems brighter than the AT95e on my last table. I'll stay with it until the stylus needs changing.
Bought one of these at a garage sale in 2008. It has performed flawlessly for me probably an average of a couple hours every day since then. I'm passing it on to my son now, who is very pleased with it. This thing has been absolutely bulletproof. Moved house twice with it, once it was dropped by the movers. No problems as a result. The speed is absolutely perfect (as it should be with quartz lock). The automatic start and stop is nice, as I'm frequently doing something else around the house when it ends. Really nice turntable.
The 1980 version....a good deck...impressive speed stability and pitch....arm sounds better than it looks...a match for technics sl1700 etc at a fraction of the price...change the mat,put on a descent headshell and cartridge and your away.
Original owner here! Nice to know it is a decent deck. Bought new with an SX-950 (still have that also).
Still working strong, had it since 1980.
Excellent cheap turntable ! Nice arm .
Quartz lock, direct drive, perfect with a AT 95 !
Found one for 50 € in a cash converter...
Very decent low cost quartz direct drive. List price of$ 199.00 in 1979.
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