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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 mahogany. What you see is its original color with 3d ripples texture. Much better looking in person. Vertical tonearm adjustment, all metal tonearm. Big motor and heavy platter. Dead stable and very quiet player. Completely disassembled, deck prepared and covered with a real wood crotch mahogany veneer. Extremely difficult to work with. All corners are tight and sharp. 6 coats of different finishes applied to a silky smooth satin, almost semi-gloss sheen look. Cueing damping fluid replaced and now tonearm lands slowly and softly. Speed pot was flushed with contact cleaner. Platter was wet sanded, buffed and polished. All tonearm pieces, control knobs, control plates were cleaned and polished. Dust cover buffed and polished. Some light marks here and there, but it’s nice and solid. View the pictures and judge the work. Works like a Swiss watch. Serial number badge is on the bottom cover. Comes with Stanton D61 cartridge and original stylus. I don’t know how old it is but the stylus is sharp and sounds very nice. Please, watch short video here. Note that I always show with BASS and Treble controls OFF. Playing Mark Levinson amp and B&W Nautilus 802 speakers. Platter, counterweight, hinges removed and double boxed. This player is big and heavy. Approximate box dimensions 24x22x16. Local sale is always welcome. The item “Vintage turntable Pioneer PL-550. Manual DD Quartz Lock record player. Video” is in sale since Wednesday, September 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “123karlen” and is located in Lynnwood, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Brand: Pioneer

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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 speed and is locked in and sounds great. Includes the original Pioneer JP-503 headshell (new wiring) and Pioneer 45 adapter. Installed cartridge is an Audio Technica AT95E (Dual Moving Magnet) with very limited use as this turntable was not my primary TT (used my Lab-400 for the majority of the time). The Bad – The right channel is scratchy and not a lot of output. Left channel plays fine. Tested on my SX-850 and D1S. On the 850 I would switch it to Mono as a workaround. There is some slight peeling of the vinyl on the chassis but again that is cosmetic and fixable. Summary – these don’t come up for sale that often and you have to get them when you can get them With the resurgence of vinyl, don’t get caught without a monster TT such as this one. I have owned a PL-570 before and loved it too. Motor: quartz pll Hall motor. Platter: 324mm aluminium alloy diecast. Speeds: 33 and 45rpm. Speed control range: +-6%. Wow and flutter: 0.025%. Tonearm: static-balanced type, s-shaped pipe arm. Cartridge weight range: 4 to 14.5g. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “VTG Pioneer PL-550 Quartz PPL Turntable Record Player Direct Drive withAT-95E” is in sale since Tuesday, May 28, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “cypress6767″ and is located in Kenney, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Belize, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Ecuador, Egypt, Iceland, Jordan, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Maldives, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay.

• Brand: Pioneer
• Model: PL-550
• Modified Item: No
• Cartridge/Stylus: Audio Technica AT95E
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
• MPN: PL550

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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 use a stethoscope for testing. After you turn it off platter keeps going and going. Cueing rod was cleaned and new damping fluid applied. As you see on the pictures, tonearm was meticulously cleaned. Platter was wet sanded and polished. Aluminum plates look excellent. Original dust cover was sanded, buffed and polished and it looks excellent. Original fake wood vinyl was stripped and Eastern walnut. What you see is its original color. No stain or die was applied. No peel and stick or paper backed veneer. Only raw wood veneer. Precision cut all joints. After the veneer preparation six coats of multiple finishing was applied with sanding between coats. The player comes with an excellent sounding AT-12Sa cartridge and original stylus. Please, review the pictures about the condition as they are part of description. I take a lot of pictures. Let me know if you want to see anything up close. This is a big and heavy turntable. Will be safely packed, platter, hinges, counterweight, etc. Approximate box dimensions: 24x20x16. The item “Vintage turntable Pioneer PL-550 Full Manual DD Quartz record player. Near mint” is in sale since Sunday, December 2, 2018. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “123karlen” and is located in Lynnwood, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.

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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 pitch control. This player has a VTA adjustment, big motor and heavy platter. I stripped the fake wood vinyl and replaced with this gorgeous real wood bloodwood veneer. Combination of seven layers of finish was applied. It looks better in person. Silky smooth with satin finish. Note neat tight sharp corners. Search and see if this is not the best looking PL-550. I don’t use any equipment. Everything is done by hands. Completely taken apart, cleaned in and out, including tonearm parts and every knob. The control panel has a small mark by the ON knob. Cueing rod was cleaned and new damping fluid applied. It drops tonearm slow and softly. Platter was wet sanded and polished. Dust cover was cleaned, buffed and polished and it is one of the best 40 year old lids I’ve seen. Some light marks here and there, but it is nice and clear as you see on the pictures. Speed pot was cleaned with Deoxit. Both speeds are stable, and motor is dead silent. Original Pioneer head shell is fitted with ADC SLM63 cartridge and stylus. Sounds as good as it looks. Ready for the another 40 year run. Please, review all pictures and let me know if you have any questions. Approximate box dimensions: 22x22x16, 35lb. The item “Vintage turntable Pioneer PL-550 DD Quartz Lock record player. Restored” is in sale since Monday, November 26, 2018. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “123karlen” and is located in Lynnwood, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.

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