Pioneer PL-600 Turntable

This is coming out of my private collection! This is one heck of a turntable and is probably considered one of the best turntables that Pioneer built at the consumer level.

It has all the features one would want in a fully automatic turntable! It's 2-speed, direct drive with quartz lock. It has record selection size as well with repeat. And, most importantly, it has VTA! Not to mention the build quality underneath the hood.

All metal plinth, heavy platter, superb tone arm, an excellent direct drive motor and suspended platter and tone arm! Think of the Technics SL-1600mk2 to SL-1800mk2 turntables, they too are suspended. I have to admit, it's really a superb table that can give the Technics it's run for it's money.

I really love the design of the PL-600, it's very simplistic with a very utilitarian / industrial design.

It's in excellent condition and comes with its original headshell and transport screws. It's been freshly serviced and comes with a new tone arm belt and Empire 2000E/III stylus!

For more information:
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/pioneer/pl-600.shtml

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