PIONEER PL-8 - Automatic Vinyl Turntable
One of Pioneer's finest turntables. Manufactured in Japan from 1981 to 1983, its price at the time was DM850, according to hifi-wiki.com.
The turntable is fully automatic, plays 17 and 30 cm records, and has 33 and 45 speeds.
The turntable features an excellent quartz-controlled direct drive. Pioneer motors were the thinnest in their class at the time, allowing for the production of thin cabinets.
It was shipped from the factory with a Pioneer PC-3MC cartridge. This example is equipped with an Audio-Technica AT95E cartridge.
Main Specifications
MOTOR AND TURNTABLE
Drive System - Direct-drive
Motor - Quartz PLL Hall motor
Turntable Platter - 320mm diameter aluminum alloy die-cast
Speeds - 33-1/3 and 45 rpm
Wow and Flutter - Less than 0.025% (WRMS), 0.035% (DIN)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio - More than 78 dB (DIN-B) (with Pioneer cartridge model PC-3MC)
ROTATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Build-up Time - Within 120° rotation at 33-1/3 rpm
Speed Deviation - Less than 0.002%
Speed Drift - Less than 0.00008%/h at 33-1/3 rpm
Less than 0.00003%/degree temp change at 33-1/3 rpm
TONEARM
Type - Static-balance type, Straight pipe arm
Effective Arm Length - 221 mm
Overhang - 15.5 mm
Usable Cartridge Weight - 3 g (min) to 8 g (max)
The Hit-Magazin 69/1 (Telefunken SLE 14 525 P) record was used for the presentation. The record was released in Germany in 1969. All audio tracks from this record are in the public domain in the Russian Federation under Article 1327 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
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Channel with digital copies of old records: / @shellac78rpm
Channel with digital copies of 33 and 45 RPM records: / @33and45rpm
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Best wishes,
Senya Turukhansky