Now this is an interesting turntable. It took me a while to finish servicing it due to it's overall size. It's very slim and getting into the heart of the turntable wasn't easy!
This is a sleeper of a turntable. For many Pioneer fans, these series of turntables tend to fly under the radar. You can say they're like a hidden gem in the Pioneer line up, especially the higher end turntables of this particular series. These tables utilize a polymer graphite tonearm. This meant, the tonearm not only has excellent rigidity and resonance (vibration) control but as well being light weight to meet with the demand of higher compliant cartridges of the time. But, then CDs came along and development went elsewhere.
Nonetheless, this is an excellent turntable. It was second from the top, the PL-9, being TOTL. And the PL-8 was one step higher above the PL-2 to PL-7 turntables, for the PL-8 had a better tonearm.
It's in great shape too! Not to mention very slim line in comparison to the turntables. However, one draw back, in my opinion, is the faux gold look. Not really my taste but, I guess it was quite popular to do in the early 80s on having that off color look, many companies followed the trend, remember that gold looking Pioneer or Marantz?
This is a fully automatic, 2-speed, direct drive turntable with quartz lock. It has a disc size selector and a repeat function.
Currently, it has a very nice Shure/Realistic R47XT cartridge. Yes, Shure made cartridges for Radio Shack, so did Audio-Technica. The R47XT is a M95 variation or rather Me95ED. Nice cartridge with plenty of stylus upgrades, like the Jico SAS from Japan, great stylus and will elevate the Shure to a whole new level.
If you like the look and don't mind the faux gold color, this is an excellent turntable. It is one of our better offerings due to the fact it has a polymer graphite tonearm.
This is a sleeper of a turntable. For many Pioneer fans, these series of turntables tend to fly under the radar. You can say they're like a hidden gem in the Pioneer line up, especially the higher end turntables of this particular series. These tables utilize a polymer graphite tonearm. This meant, the tonearm not only has excellent rigidity and resonance (vibration) control but as well being light weight to meet with the demand of higher compliant cartridges of the time. But, then CDs came along and development went elsewhere.
Nonetheless, this is an excellent turntable. It was second from the top, the PL-9, being TOTL. And the PL-8 was one step higher above the PL-2 to PL-7 turntables, for the PL-8 had a better tonearm.
It's in great shape too! Not to mention very slim line in comparison to the turntables. However, one draw back, in my opinion, is the faux gold look. Not really my taste but, I guess it was quite popular to do in the early 80s on having that off color look, many companies followed the trend, remember that gold looking Pioneer or Marantz?
This is a fully automatic, 2-speed, direct drive turntable with quartz lock. It has a disc size selector and a repeat function.
Currently, it has a very nice Shure/Realistic R47XT cartridge. Yes, Shure made cartridges for Radio Shack, so did Audio-Technica. The R47XT is a M95 variation or rather Me95ED. Nice cartridge with plenty of stylus upgrades, like the Jico SAS from Japan, great stylus and will elevate the Shure to a whole new level.
If you like the look and don't mind the faux gold color, this is an excellent turntable. It is one of our better offerings due to the fact it has a polymer graphite tonearm.
