This is a very retro looking turntable by Pioneer. It was made during the early to mid 70s and really well made too. It has a beautiful real wood veneer plinth, a smoked dust cover with a handle at the front (classy!) and suspended platform. It has a nice sized motor, good platter weight and a pretty neat looking tone arm. It's not your typical S-shaped arm but rather a J-shaped tone arm.
It's a 2-speed, belt-drive and fully automatic turntable with repeat. It also features the lead in option for 7, 10 and 12 inch records. It's completely serviced and comes with a brand new belt and a new Shure M75 Type 2 stylus from Jico Japan. The cartridge is a Realistic R47EDT, which was a re-badged version. Plays great, tracks great and looks great. It's a very sharp looking turntable.
Because it's a Shure there are plenty of replacement stylus out there, beware of low quality ones, in case the stylus breaks. As well, from Jico they have their SAS stylus which brings the cartridge to a whole new level. I have 3 Shures with SAS styli and they sound great!
One minor quibble, the tone arm rest has no clamp or clasp of any kind. I looked at several pictures online and all of them are the same, none have the clamp. I checked and read through the manuals and nothing is mentioned about it either. Really weird, but not a deal breaker by any means. We got something to help secure it!
This table does prefer a nice and stable platform due to suspended platform. Actually, all turntables prefer a stable platform.
Overall, it's in great shape, however, there is a stress mark near one of the hinges.
Nonetheless, this table is ready to go to a new and loving home!
It's a 2-speed, belt-drive and fully automatic turntable with repeat. It also features the lead in option for 7, 10 and 12 inch records. It's completely serviced and comes with a brand new belt and a new Shure M75 Type 2 stylus from Jico Japan. The cartridge is a Realistic R47EDT, which was a re-badged version. Plays great, tracks great and looks great. It's a very sharp looking turntable.
Because it's a Shure there are plenty of replacement stylus out there, beware of low quality ones, in case the stylus breaks. As well, from Jico they have their SAS stylus which brings the cartridge to a whole new level. I have 3 Shures with SAS styli and they sound great!
One minor quibble, the tone arm rest has no clamp or clasp of any kind. I looked at several pictures online and all of them are the same, none have the clamp. I checked and read through the manuals and nothing is mentioned about it either. Really weird, but not a deal breaker by any means. We got something to help secure it!
This table does prefer a nice and stable platform due to suspended platform. Actually, all turntables prefer a stable platform.
Overall, it's in great shape, however, there is a stress mark near one of the hinges.
Nonetheless, this table is ready to go to a new and loving home!