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jandl100
04-03-2010, 19:02
FS: YAMAHA PF-800 turntable

This can be seen & heard in action at the Scalford Show on Sunday in oldfogey's room on the 2nd floor! :eek:

£350 or perhaps an interesting swap or p/x.

Excellent condition - a few light scratches on the lid but that's about it. PWO. Instruction manual.

Three point spring suspension, belt drive, auto-armlift at the end of side!
See The Vintage Knob article here http://www.thevintageknob.org/YAMAHA/PF1000/PF1000.html
I think these sold for $500 in the US in the mid-80's - a serious audiophile turntable!

Cartridge not included. The rather unusual arm was very happy with my Ortofon Rondo Bronze mc cart (until I damaged the cart recently :doh:) - it tracked like a dream on all my LPs.

New belt middle of 2009 - these are still available for less than £20 from the US.

33 and 45rpm, with adjustable speed control (no strobe though).

Interesting comments where the reviewer prefers it to a current MMF-9 ($1,500), and prefers the Yamaha. http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/vinyl/messages/85/852675.html

No box, so meetup or collection is the safest option (I'm at GL17), or of course you take it away at the Scalford PieFi Show! .

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/YamahaPF-800-1.jpg

dowser
05-03-2010, 16:05
Weird - never heard of this deck before, but I just saw a complete spare arm for one on ricardo.ch currently at CHF.150.

Richard

jandl100
20-03-2010, 13:53
SOLD !! :)