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Heavy Piece of Music Machinery

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023

The weight definitely beats the Audio Technica LP 120 by a long shot. Feels very sturdy and sounds fantastic. It has built in wiring directly to the speaker system of your choice. Easy to set up and the pop up light makes you feel like your in the 80s early 90s. Quality for the price is unbeatable. Will be jamming out to my Hip-Hop Vinyls for decades to come. If your in the fence like I was just pull the trigger, this one is a keeper. Thank you and God Bless!

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GT headphone reviewer

Loose bearings, warped platter and wrong tonearm height

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023

If you didn't know this turntable was manufactured by Hanpin for Pioneer DJ. Honestly, the quality could have been worse if Pioneer weren't involved. You do get a lot for the price. It is a direct drive turntable that keeps pretty good speed and it comes with a built-in preamp. Having said that, I just received my turntable and found the tonearm bearings loose. I also found the platter to be uneven when rotating around the spindle. It is nice that Pioneer gives you the ability to adjust VTA, but a problem I found is that with the stock slipmat, the tonearm is too high at the minimum height setting with the cartridge supplied. I tried other cartridges and it was the same. I had to stack several slipmats to get the tonearm leveled. The worst part about this turntable is the sound quality. I'd say that the preamp is decent, but everything else just sounds poor. I'd describe the sound of this turntable as muddy and smeared with a lack of definition and detail, Not bad for $300, but I feel that if you were to save that $300 and invest it on a PLX-1000 or Technics SL-1200mk7, you'd be much happier.

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Alex sk

Heavy Piece of Music Machinery

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023

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Great quality for the price

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

I have had other Pioneer products. Always good quality. This is great, beautiful and easy to use. Pulled out the old vinyl and playing the tunes like crazy! Love this turntable.

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Howard Owens

Good turntable for the price

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

For my needs, this turntable was a good value as a second turntable in the dining room. It's solid and sounds good through the system I'm putting it through.

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Stacey D.

Superior Sound

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

This is a top of the line turntable. The weight of the product helps cancel out any vibrations; superior cartridge for sound; beautiful appearance; easy set up and use.

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Stephen R Lawrence

Turntables

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

Nice turntable, but the output is lacking. Maybe the cartridge is not a good one.

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Rob Patton

Very happy with this turntable! Great if you have floor vibration issues.

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

I recently took up carpet in my "cave" and put down LVP. I was rocking my vintage 1979 technics turntable, which was working fine, until we removed the carpet. With the LVP the vibration from the floor was ridiculous! I tried everything from purchasing pads that go under the feet of the turntable to absorb vibration, to putting a heavy concrete paver under the turntable, then bought a turntable platform to go under the old turntable which was supposed to absorb vibration and skipping of the stylus. Nothing worked. So I decided to upgrade my turntable. A review said it was heavy, and I like Pioneer products, so I decided on this one. I do have this turntable on the platform, as the platform wasn't cheap. However there is NO stylus skipping anymore. I can walk all over the room and there is no problem at all. I wish I had purchased this first so I would have avoided all of the other so-called fixes. The sound is great and it was easy to set up. Definitey recommend!

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Netmon

Big Surprise it's DUAL VOLTAGE!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

I recall looking pretty closely as this is important to me being overseas. I almost bought the Audio Technica for it's external (laptop-style) dual voltage power supply. That was until noticed they had eliminated the tone-arm height adjustment from the model. For me that was an even bigger deal-breaker. So bought this one accepting the fact I'd have to run it off a transformer. Unpacking it I got a big surprise. Under the platter is a Voltage input selector SWITCH. (see pic) In the specs it does reference "110 or 220", and the plate on the back of the unit it says the same, normally, most people, seeing these two things, unless told otherwise, will assume "auto switching". So don't be fooled. The switch is not for looks. It is REQUIRED. The unit is "defaulted" to "US/north american sales" so 110 is preselected. If you're 220 where you are you must flip the switch.
Now the turntable. LOVE it. Nothing about it, or the parts included feels at all cheap. and yeah I'm probably giving it extra points for the Voltage selector switch. Still, basic turntable no complaints. very happy. NOW, one last heads up, if you're counting on the "USB" function to record-mp3s to a PC, you may have to find your own software/app. There is none provided in the box. The app Pioneer says to use is downloadable and you can check it out without buying the unit first. rekordbox.com. it's free! *cough*, there are 4 versions of it, only the bottom one is free. My disc recorder just died, SO I WILL be checking this app out more closely, and return with an update, but just from glancing at the webpage, my bad-feeling radar is up. I'm betting there are other free-ware USB sound recorder apps out there that could work with this device, possibly even the sound recorder, or other Windows toy, included with Windows. BUT I've heard some rumblings that sound-quality can be an issue with the USB to PC process. Again I'll check it out and return here to update. FOR NOW I'D SAY, if you're an "audiophile" and want the highest possible quality, using this to transfer your Vinyl to digital, plan on buying a CD RECORDER that produces "audio format" CDs which you then rip with media player just as you would any store-bought CD. I rip to WAV or FLAC and then use media-human to covert those to M4a's.

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rick curotto

Reignited

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

Have been thinking about getting a new turntable for a while now. Was asked if I had one and kinda started looking for one and have always loved Pioneer stereo equipment so…..
Sounds great. Plays great. Worth the money

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John Foster

Very happy with my turn tape pioneer y’all did

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

It’s a great turntable I was I have a TAC somebody stolen it out my run on post in the barracks. I finally got my turntable. I am enjoying it right now.

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Nick

Assembly

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024

Style: TurntableVerified Purchase

If you are not familiar with the product, please watch an assembly video before you try to put it together. You’ll thank me later. Over and out.

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