For your consideration is a vintage turntable Pioneer PL-550 Full Manual record player. Quartz Lock or Manual pitch with Quartz turned OFF. I don’t make two same turntables. Every player is unique. I get bored using same veneer, so I try to use different wood for different players. This one is in book matched crotch […]
Pioneer Model PL-550 Quartz PPL Turntable. HTF Record Player – Audiophile – Pioneer TOTL Manual Turntable. Manual Direct Drive Record/Vinyl Turntable – NOT Automatic. The Good – The turntable is beautiful. There are NO cracks in the dustcover even at the hinges. Light swirl marks and normal wear. The quartz synchro pulse maintains a constant […]
For your consideration is a vintage 1976-78 turntable Quartz PLL Pioneer PL-550. Audiophiles preferred full manual, VTA, steel tonearm, big and heavy platter. Same motor as PL-570. No connections or links between the motor and tonearm. You can use it as manual with pitch control or Quartz lock. Big motor works perfectly and dead silent. […]
I recently bought three players from a family of an audiophile. This was one of them. All three were in the same house since new. This Pioneer and Yamaha YP-D71 are perfect. If you are not familiar with this player, it is a Quartz Lock, but you can turn off the Lock and use a […]