Low Cost Turntable - Incredible Performance


I highly recommend the Pioneer PL-30-K Belt Drive Line Output Automatic Turntable. Amazon offers for $400 but new in box are $299 on eBay now. I owned higher-end TTs and I can say this TT sounds as good. It is not well known compared to other brands, Replace the low end AT3600 cartridge though. A bonus is it is fully automatic. IMO you cannot go wrong with this purchase.

jimbennet

Thanks for your thoughts. Some might not consider 'fully automatic' to be a bonus, though. 

"The Pioneer is .1% wow and flutter that no one can hear."

  • 0.1% wow → audible in many real music situations

  • 0.1% flutter → borderline but still audible on revealing systems

  • Anything under 0.05% becomes difficult for most listeners to notice

For reference:

  • Great hi-fi turntables: 0.03–0.06%

  • Midrange consumer tables: 0.08–0.15%

  • Cheap or poorly set-up decks: 0.2%+

See, it's you speaking in absolutes like this without really knowing the facts that make it hard for others to take seriously what you post.

Carpathian, aren’t the data you quoted just as limp as Jim’s? Who made these determinations and by what method? The Fluance RT85 has received uniformly good reviews for its price class, Jim.