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When I could no longer find a diamond stylus for my old Pioneer turntable, I bought the PL990. I'm satisfied with both the sound quality from my old vinyl recordings and the price I paid for the turntable.
The other major problem is that if the record is a little bigger than most or not quite a circle then it probably won't play. I'm no audio expert, and even on my cheap speakers it sounded flat. After reading various reviews for two days, I decided it was worth the extra money to go with the Pioneer over the Sony PSLX250H. This may sound confusing, but it's the truth. As a comparison I had a friend bring his Stanton over to play the same record.
His sounded noticeably crisper and clearer. The stylus is cheap to replace, but the cartridge isn't replaceable. I bought this turntable for my birthday after getting my hands on an uncommon record that I was really excited to hear. Sound quality was good, but not great. The back end around the platter is raised, and the tonearm holder is placed directly next to the platter.
This model *has pitch control* unlike the Sony models. Non-perfectly circular records tend to hang and rub on the raised backend, the tonearm holder, or both.After owning the player for a little over a month I've decided to upgrade to an Audio-Technica AT-PL120.
The Pioneer passed with flying colors. I used Roxio's recording software and told it to detect and clip any spots without sound. It detected both quiet spots. I own a high end Technics turntable (which I still have hooked up to another receiver) so I could compare. I swapped the rubber mat with the Technics (which is twice as thick) to help cut back on needle weight to the album.Now the true test recording, the first song I tried was Bob Seger's, Night Moves because it contains some quiet parts (I wanted to see if the Pioneer would output any additional noise). I didn't think it would.Final thought: While the sound quality doesn't match that of high end big buck turntables, for the money and casual listener/recorder (cause after you record a song with the software out these days, you can make it sound how ever you like). While the build quality of the Pioneer is no where near the Technics, the sound quality is impressively close. I'd have to give it 2 thumbs up.
Be forewarned that RC wires to A/V are short and you may need to have to add extensions. The preamp cannot be turned off either. Needed to replace my Pioneer PLA-25 turntable from 1972 to play my vinyl.This turntable works very well for low price and a lot of plastic. It soundsgreat and I should be able to replace the needle for under 10 dollars. Has a speed adjust but have not had to use it. It is fully auto with a dampened dust cover and a metal turntable with rubber mat. Very happy with it.
so advertising it as fully automatic is a false advertisment. does not play more than one 45 record at a time there for you have to do it manually. advertised as fully automatic and is not fully automatic. does not repeat automaticlly to play record over and over. player ok if you have nothing better to do to change 45 records every 3 min.
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