Check it out:
http://pioneerdj.com/english/smp/pro.../plx-1000.html
Looks promising.
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New pretender to the throne from pioneer
Check it out:
http://pioneerdj.com/english/smp/pro.../plx-1000.html
Looks promising.
DIY is fine and dandy, but just try selling it on!
Nathan.
From reading the description, Pioneer appear to have put a lot of thought into it, the sort of improvements Technics might well have introduced themselves if they were still building theirs
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Superficially, it looks identical to an SL-1210, but is it the same (as good) 'under the hood'? I'd need to see some evidence of that.
I sincerely hope it is, because if Pioneer have simply bought the design from National Panasonic, and are putting it into production again, then that's great news for all fans of quality direct-drive turntables.
How much does it cost?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Six hundred quid all bar a poond
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Interesting.... We need someone to listen to one, or at the very least, pop the platter off and have a looksee underneath!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Well, if you read through the rather poorly laid out website Nathan linked to there is some confidence inspiring blurb which demonstrates that Pioneer are not messing about here. Not sure whether it is a highly modified OEM Techie copy of which there are many doing the rounds just now, but I have a sneaky suspicion it is all Pioneers own work...
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Knowing Pioneer products, they are not likely to want their product to be an 'also ran'. I reckon it will be a quality turntable. I see the asking price is £600.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/newsroom/ne...1000/page.html
More info here chaps, looks to be very interesting.
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0-33 in 0.3 secs,seems quick.
301/Puresound 2A3/quite large Grf cab horny ones.Eminence/Coral/Le cleach
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I hope it is a newly designed turntable from Pioneer as they do have a history of some fine turntables, I wish they would produce a P3a exclusive again I would buy one !
But there are a lot of SL1200 knock off out there now like the Hanpin Super OEM clones which look identical on the surface but dont match up to the SL1200 build quality under the bonnet. I just hope Pioneer aren’t getting them made cheaply somewhere just to cash in on the Vinyl resurgence
Alan
Turntable - Garrard 401/Jelco 750L/Ortofon Kontrapunkt B, Pioneer PLC 590, Micro Sieki MA505 , Denon DL103R - DIY Paradise Phono stage - Reel 2 Reel Studer A810, Otari MX55,Tascam BR20, Revox A77, B77, PR99, TEAC X1000 & 3440, Digital HTPC / Young Dac - Preamp - DIY B4, 821, Power Amp's DIY Avondale NCC300 Mono Block, Speakers Wilmslow Kit Volt BM220.8 / Scanspeak D2905/9500
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