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


Pictures

  • Extract from brochure: Sony PS-X 800

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Reports

Links

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