On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 06:40:29PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: > > It inspired me to take apart, clean, and rebuild my 1974 Pioneer PL-12D > turntable;
Aah - the affordable Hi-Fi deck for the masses! The cheap-ass solution was a Garrard SP25, but they were rubbish. If you weren't up for high-end (and high-dollar) equipment, the PL-12D seemed to be by far the best option. I (and, I'm sure, many others) found the combination of a PL-12D, a Shure M75 ED II stylus and an SME light-weight headshell was hard to beat, and didn't break the bank. Add a Kenwood/Trio amp of some kind (KA 2002as were very popular; I had a 4006, and a friend who had sprung for a Thorens Transcription deck had an 8000-series) and you were off to a good start. (I haven't really thought about this stuff for 40 years, but the part numbers, manufactures, etc. are indelibly etched into my consciousness). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
