Pioneer PL-A300/PL-A300S
¥ 36,000 (around 1979)
Commentary
Belt drive player equipped with full auto mechanism with quick play function.
Equipped with a full automatic mechanism, the tone arm automatically moves and starts playing just by putting the record on the turntable, selecting the record size and operating the start button.
When the recording is finished, the arm returns automatically. In addition, it is equipped with a repeat function so that you can play repeatedly.
In manual operation, the power is turned on and the turntable rotates simply by moving the arm to the record board by hand.
A belt drive system is adopted for the turntable part.
A 4-pole synchronous motor is used as the drive motor, and rotation unevenness is suppressed by the combination with the polyurethane belt with increased thickness accuracy.
The tone arm uses a highly sensitive S-shaped tone arm equipped with an anti-skating mechanism and a lateral balancer.
A durable angular contact bearing is used for the horizontal vertical axis receiver.
The MM type cartridge PC-110/II is used.
The cabinet has a double structure consisting of a high density upper board and an under board made of hard plywood to damp harmful vibrations that cause howling.
Natural rubber and butyl rubber are combined for the leg part.
Equipped with an arm elevation mechanism, it prevents the needle tip and record from being damaged during manual operation.
Uses a fleece top type acrylic hood.
Low-dose output code is used.
Equipped with a head shell stand.
There were 2 kinds of variations, PL-A300 with wood grain finish and PL-A300S with pearl gray finish.
Model Rating
Type | Record player |
Drive system | Belt drive |
Motor | 4-pole synchronous motor |
Turntable | 30 cm Aluminum Alloy Die-cast |
Number of revolutions | 33 1/3, 45 rpm |
Uneven rotation | 0.07% or less (WRMS) |
S/N | 55 dB or More (JIS, Used Cartridge PC-110/II) |
Tone arm | Static balance S-shaped pipe arm |
Cartridge | MM Type (PC-110/II) |
Exchange needle | PN-110/II |
Attachment mechanism | Auto lead in Auto return Autocut Auto Repeat (Full Auto) Arm elevation Lateral balancer Anti-skating Needle pressure direct reading weight |
Power consumption | 10W |
External dimensions | Width 440x Height 159x Depth 362 mm |
Weight | 6kg |