Pioneer
PL-400 fully Automatic Quartz-Controlled
Turntable
There are a
lot of turntables you can buy for less than $200. Many of them are fully-automatic. Some of them
have Quartz Reference Systems. Others feature sophisticated suspension systems.
Or have specially-designed motors to make sure the sound of your turntable
doesn't interfere with the sound of music.
But at
Pioneer, we believe, that if you're going to pay $200 for a turntable, you
shouldn't just get one of these features. You should get all of them.
While other
turntables with some of these advancements may look the same as the PL-400 on
paper, they don't sound at all alike in your home. Because all these
advancements act together to keep an imperfect environment, like your home,
from getting in the way of perfect sound.
In your
home, simply slamming a door can be more jarring to your turntable than it is
to you.
Pioneer's
PL-400 has a sophisticated suspension system that isolates the paltter and tone
arm from the rest of the turntable. Which means you can shake, rattle and roll
a lot more with a lot less worry that your turntable is doing the same thing.
The PL-400
also has the world's thinnest direct drive motor. This ultra-thin motor does a
lot more than give the PL-400 an ultra-sleek appearance. It keeps the turntable
platter perfectly steady at all times. Thoough platter wobbling isn't a problem
that can be easily seen on most turntables, it can be easily heard. It results
in shifts of musical pitch.
Something
the PL-400 is never bothered with.
What's more,
the PL-400 also has Quartz control like that found in the finest Swiss watches.
Which means
you're guaranteed to get the maximum in rotational accuracy.
So if you
want a turntable that sounds great, there's any number you can buy. But if you
also want the price to sound great, there's only one.
The
fully-automatic Poineer PL-400. we bring it back alieve.
Specifications
Drive
System: Direct-drive
Motor: Quartz PLL Hall motor
Turntable
Platter: 310 mm ø, aluminum alloy die-cast
Moment
of Inertia: 180 kg/cm² (including platter mat)
Speeds: 33 ⅓ and 45 rpm
Wow &
Flutter: 0,025% (WRMS)
Signal-to-Noise
Ratio: 75 dB (DIN B)
Build-up
Time: Within 120° rotation at 33 ⅓
rpm
Speed
Deviation: less than 0,002%
Speed
Drift: less than 0,00008%/h at 33 ⅓
Less
than 0,00003%/degree temp. Change at 33 ⅓ rpm
Tonearm
Type: Static-balance type, S-shaped pipe arm
Effective
Arm length: 221 mm
Overhang: 15,5 mm
Usable
Cartridge Weight: 4 g (min.) to 9 g
(max)
Subfunctions:
Full
auto-mechanism; Anti-skating force control; Stylus pressure direct-readout
counterweight; Cueing device, Strobe light; Free stop hinges
Semiconductors:
ICs : 3
Transistors
: 3
Diodes
: 6
Hall
Elements : 3
Power
requirements: AC 110/120 220/240 V 50/60
Hz
Power
Consumption: 8 W (at 120 V)
Dimensions
(W x H x D): 420 x 96 x 365 mm
(16-1/2" x 3-3/16" x 14-3/8")
Weight: 6,5 kg (14 lb 5 oz)
PC-135
Specifications (only model PL-400X KU)
Type: Induced magnet type
Stylus: 0,5 mil diamond (PN-135)
Output
Voltage: 3 mV (1kHz, 50 mm/s peak
velocity, LAT)
Tracking
Force: 1,5 g to 2,3 g
Frequency
Response: 10 to 25,000 Hz