Sony PS-X 800

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Sony
• Model: PS-X 800
• Type: Record player
• Years of manufacture: 1981 - 1984
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Black
• Power consumption: 45,6 W
• Dimensions: 440 x 120 x 445 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 12 kg
• Drive new price approx.: 1'848 DM

Connections

• Outputs: Cinch [gold-plated]
• Inputs: -

Technical Data

• Drive: direct, crystal controlled
• Motor: BNL (brushless, slotless linear)
• Speed: 33 1/3 and 45 upm
• Synchronous speed variation: ± 0.015% (wow and flutter)
• Rumble noise ratio: 85 dB
• Turntable: 320 mm Ø, aluminium
• Operating mode: fully automatic, can also be operated manually
• Pitch: -
• Tonearm: Tangential

Special Features

• Cast housing made of low-resonance SBMC
• Run-up angle to stabilisation: 180° at 33 1/3 upm
• platter weight (incl. damping): 1,85 kg
• Biotracer tangential tonearm with electron. Regulation of tracking force, deflection, damping and feed rate
• Automatic measurement of the system weight (headshell + TA) and adoption of the adjustable scaling of the tracking force
• Tangential transport electrical, continuous, proportional recognizing to the real sound carrier scanning feed
• Manual feed for fast track search forward and backward in 2 selectable speeds each
• Separate drive for the fast feed (manual as well as automatic), independent from the drive of the feed for the playback mode
• Permissible system weight: 10.0 ... 29 g (incl. headshell)
• Three basic ranges: 10-17 g (without additional counterweight)
• Expandable to 16-23 g and 22-29 g (with two different additional counterweights)
• Headshell included: SH-156 (7.2 g)
• Pickup mute function: (activated when setting down and when picking up)
• Repeat function
• Automatic detection of the record diameter
• Automatic safety for tonearm
• Short-stroke buttons for operation (accessible when the cover is closed)
• Illumination of the turntable
• Height-adjustable gel-filled shock-absorbing feet

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Sony PS-LX 2
• Sony PS-LX 3
• Sony PS-LX 4
• Sony PS-LX 5
• Sony PS-X 55
• Sony PS-X 500
• Sony PS-X 600
• Sony PS-X 700
• Sony PS-X 800

Pictures

• Extract from brochure: Sony PS-X 800

• Picture: Sony PS-X 800

• Image: Sony PS-X 800

• Image: Sony PS-X 800

• Image: Sony PS-X 800

• Image: Sony PS-X 800

Links

• External link to website "The Vintage Knob": [1]