Anti-Howling
Design for Superb Performance
Slim Design
and Coaxial Suspension to Prevent Howling
Ultra-Thin
DC/FG Servo Motor and "Stable Hanging Rotor™"
Reliable
Auto-Return and Quick-Start Convenience
Additional
Features
Illuminated
Strobe lets you check to make sure the platter is rotating at exactly 33 ⅓
or 45 rpm.
Pitch Control ±2% lets you tune your records to a musical instrument.
Low-resonance
headshell is made of high-impact resin mixed with glass fiber. Not only does it
feature ideal internal loss for less resonance and better acoustics; it's also
almost impossible to nic or scratch.
Anti-Skating
Control is of the knob-type for easy skating-force compensation.
Oil-Damped
Cueing allows quick accurate and safe manual operation.
Free-Stop
Hinged Acrykic Dust Cover is durable, resistant to resonance and attractive.
Auto-Return
- A "Plaatinum" Record for Endurance
Pioneer put
the Auto-Return mechanism in the PL-100 (the same as offered in Pioneer's most
costly models) to a harrowing test of its durability, dependability and the
silence of its operation; 100,000 consecutive automatic returns. We're pround
to announce that the results were worthy of a platinum record; absolutely no
sing of wear or tear, no errors and no annoing mechanical noise. When your
record comes to an end, the stylus with tone-arm, begin to move more rapidly
toward the center as they enter the spiraling lead-out groove. Our end-of play
detection device catches this increased lateral speed as well as the position
of the lead-out grooves, triggers the auto-return mechanism, and the arm is
returned gently to its rest; power is then shut off automatically.
Quick-Start
Function - Additional Convenience
Power is
switched on and the platter starts rotating automatically as you move the
tone-arm towards the edge of the platter. We call it "Quic-Start" but
it's more than just fast and convenient; it also saves energy and motor-shaft
wear. And once the tone arm is over the band where you want to begin play, an oil-damped cue
lever lets you lower the stylus gently, preventing accidental damage to the
record or to the stylus.
Controls on
Front Panel - Easy Access
All controls
[Speed, Pitch and Strobe] are grouped together conveniently on the front panel
of the turntable. Operation of auto-return/shut-off is possible without
touching the tone arm or even raising the dust cover. Your records are
protected against fumbling fingers.
Shock are
Damped with Coaxial Suspension
Short of
weighing a turntable down with scrap iron, the most effective way to dampen
vibration is with our Coaxial System, a Pioneer development for improved
turntable performance. The external cabinet is suspended independently on four
insulators; inside is a second independent structure supporting the base on
which the motor and arm are mounted. This is in turn suspended on springs which
share a common axis with the insulators. Any vibrations reaching the cabinet
are dispersed laterally before they can multiply and cause noticeable resonance
in the sound reproduction.
Silent FG
Motor Drives Stable Hanging Rotor™
The PL-100
uses a "magnet-with-coil" DC FG motor for superb speed control. Speed
is controlled in this way; the FG sends signals in proportion to the motor
speed to the drive circuit to let it know how fast (or slow) the platter is
turning; if speed is incorrect - too fast or too slow - the servo orders a
change and proper speed is again achieved. It all happens much too quickly for
your eyes to see and too quickly for speed inaccuracies to spoil what you hear.
Power is
transmitted from the motor to the low-resonance die-cast aluminum platter rim
via an elastic belt, as in other belt-drive turntables. Any vibration from the
motor is absorbed or attenuated, resulting in low-howl performance. Where the
Pl-100 differs from the conventional belt-drive model, however, is in its
Stable Hanging Rotor, a deluxe feature borrowed from Pioneer's more expensive
turntables. The Stable hanging Rotor is a kind of cup fitted to the shaft under
the platter. It gives the platter a kind of gyrostatic, stabilizing force that
keeps the platter steady as it revolves. Since the pivot support coincides with
the center of gravity, this design eliminates the kind of axis-tilt airplane
and spacecraft pilots call "yaw".
A Pioneer
Exclusive - The Mass-Concentrated Tone Arm
Newton said
it best, "…bodies at rest tend to stay at
rest." Likewise, as he
observed, bodies in motion will not stop of their own accord. Thus inertia must
be strictly controlled if the side-to-side and up-down motions of your stylus
are to reflect the undulatins in the record groove and not outside vibrations.
Pioneer has outfoxed inertia with the Mass Concentrated design. By shorteniing
the distance between the support and the counter weight on the tone arm, and
reducing the mass at the stylus tip, we have reduced cross-modulation
distortion, improved separation and tracking sccuracy and prevented the
reinforcement of all forms of extraneous vibrations and resonance. With the
addition of an extra-solid tone arm base, the arm on the PL-100 is as steady,
sensitive and resonance-free as you will find in any price range.
Low low
Silhouette
Thanks to
the low-profile design of the DC FG motor and coaxial suspension, the PL-100 is
one of the world's trimmest, thinnest turntables. It's only 96 mm high,with a
total surface area 20% less than on our other turntables. But we weren't just
trying to trim fat; the slimmer a turntable is, the less prone it is to
floor-and air-bone vibration. Mechanical strength is improved, too. Add to this
Pioneer's own Coaxial Suspension, and you've got a turntable almost totally
immune to any kind of vibration, internal or external; the PL-100.
Specifications
Drive
System: Belt-drive
Motor: DC FG Servo Motor
Turntable
Platter: 310 mm ø, aluminum alloy die-cast
Moment
of Inertia: kg/cm² (including platter mat)
Speeds: 33 ⅓ and 45 rpm
Speed
Control Range: ±2%
Wow &
Flutter: 0,045% (WRMS)
Signal-to-Noise
Ratio: 70 dB (DIN B)
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: Auto-return mechanism; Anti-skating force
control; Stylus pressure direct-readout counterweight; Cueing device, Strobe
light; Free stop hinges
Semiconductors:
1 x IC; 1 x
Transistor; 1 x Diode
Power
requirements: AC 110/120 220/240 V 50/60
Hz
Power
Consumption: 4 W
Dimensions
(W x H x D): 420 x 96 x 365 mm
(16-1/2" x 3-3/16" x 14-3/8")
Weight: 5,2 kg (11 lb 8 oz)
PC-110/II Specifications (only model PL-100X )
Type: Moving magnet type
Stylus: 0,5 mil diamond (PN-110/II)
Output
Voltage: 3,5 mV (1kHz, 50 mm/s peak
velocity, LAT)
Tracking
Force: 1,5 g to 2,5 g
Frequency
Response: 15 to 25,000 Hz
Recommended
Load: 50 k Ω + 170 - 300 pF