Pioneer PL-3000

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Pioneer
• Model: PL-3000
• Model series: 3000 series
• Type: Midi turntable
• Years of manufacture: 1978 - 1980
• Manufactured in: Japan
• Color: Silver / rarely in black
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption:
• Dimensions: 384 x 145 x 360 mm (WxHxD).
• Weight: 7.9 kg
• Original price approx.: 750 DM

Connections

• Outputs:
  • Line-Out: Cinch, hard wired to the device.

Technical Data

• Drive: Direct drive
• Motors: 2

turntable drive: Quartz PLL Hall-DC

• • Tonearm drive: 24-pole synchronous gear motor
• Speed: 33 1/3, 45 UPM
• Speed fine adjustment:
• Synchronous speed: < 0,042 %
• Rumpelgeräuschabstand: >73 dB
• Turntable:
  • Diameter: 310 mm
  • Weight:
• Operating mode: Fully automatic
• Tonearm: S-shaped, statically and laterally balanced, light alloy
  • Effective length: 221 mm
  • Overhang: 15 mm
• Tracking error angle:
• Tracking force: 0 - 4 grams (adjustable in 0.1 g increments).
• Pickup:
  • Type: PC-150 diamond stylus

Frequency response: 10 - 25'000 Hz

• • Tracking force: 2 g, ± 0.25 g
  • Weight: 4 - 9 g

Special Features

• Stroboscope with lamp

Remarks

• Other models of the same midi system:
• Pioneer SA-3000 Integrated amplifier
• Pioneer TX-3000 Tuner
• Pioneer CT-3000 tape deck
• Pioneer PL-3000 Turntable
• Pioneer CS-X 2 Speakers
• HiFi-Rack B-3000

Pictures

• Picture: Pioneer SA-3000, TX-3000, CT-3000

• Image: Pioneer SA-3000, TX-3000, CT-3000

• Image: Pioneer PL-3000

• Image: Pioneer SA-3000, TX-3000, CT-3000

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• Excerpt from brochure: Pioneer SA-3000, TX-3000, CT-3000, PL-3000, CS-X 2, B-3000.

Reviews

• Review by "Good Old Hifi": [[1]]

Links

• External link to website "The Vintage Knob": [[2]]</0,042>