RE: Pioneer PL-70LII

Posted by Batard (A) on November 19, 2010 at 07:32:03

In Reply to: Pioneer PL-70LII posted by jmlattu on September 10, 2010 at 10:01:27:

I've got something even rarer than that. I've got a Pioneer PL-70 display model that was used at dealerships to show the customer, by way of mirrors, what cas contained inside and many individual conponent systems are displayed by way of the mirror system. The device is still all encased in a Plexiglass case although the person I bought it from did enhanced the system somewhat by wiring it up so that one can actually play records on it. This is the rarest of the rare and probably was pulled from dealer displays fairly quickly once the new year came and the item was pulled from dealerships and new models were sent in to replace these "old" ones. I haven't noticed if it is model I or a II but the one I have is absolutely mint and original except for the wiring that the guy who sold it to me did several years ago so that one can could play music on it. And of course the toplate where the buttons are on the top aren't there so one could see inside the system. Many of the knobs on the top are inoperable as then one could not see inside the unit as clearly. It is quite an unusual item. I wonder if anyone remembers seeing one of these in a store? There couldn't have been that many of these made as I understand that was for upscale dealers only. I may sell it one day but I'm still in collecting mode right now and it's probably the neatest looking display item in my collection room. It set me back a pretty penny to buy it but the value and can only go u in value over time. I keep it in the box it came to me in most of the time as I don't want sunlight to fade the plexiglass. I'll get some pictures of it posted sooner or later but right now the motherboard on my computer system that reads photo and video cards is not working due to a faulty motherboard and I can't upload pictures until I get it operating again fairly quickly.

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Topic - Pioneer PL-70LII - jmlattu 10:01:27 09/10/10 (16)

RE: Pioneer PL-70LII - Batard 08:22:12 11/19/10 (0)

RE: Pioneer PL-70LII - Batard 07:50:43 11/19/10 (0)

RE: Pioneer PL-70LII - Batard 07:32:03 11/19/10 (0)

RE: Pioneer PL-70LII - rudeophile 07:31:28 10/07/10 (0)

It is a very nice table - travisty 16:07:58 09/10/10 (15)

Damping oil for EA-03 tonearm - Exclusive P3 - newsunflower 22:01:40 10/24/10 (0)

RE: It's a shame these were Japan-only - jmlattu 17:34:55 09/10/10 (14)

Some PL-70's photos for your reference... - DanWKW 10:46:40 09/14/10 (3)

I have the PL-707 (Photos) - Hi-Fidelity 20:45:04 10/05/10 (0)

Your PL-707 looks very nice, too. - DanWKW 21:03:08 10/05/10 (0)

RE: Some PL-70's photos for your reference... - jmlattu 14:33:21 09/14/10 (0)

RE: Some PL-70's photos for your reference... - DanWKW 23:45:12 09/14/10 (0)

Oil damping - jmlattu 07:42:28 09/15/10 (0)

RE: Oil damping - DanWKW 12:08:29 09/15/10 (0)

Problems - jmlattu 06:35:40 10/04/10 (0)

So far so good...n/t - DanWKW 06:49:51 10/04/10 (0)

RE: So far so good...n/t - jmlattu 07:01:45 10/04/10 (0)

My bad on the country. I read 'Finland' and put 'Poland' in my head... - travisty 22:50:37 09/10/10 (7)

RE: Pioneer PL-70LII - jmlattu 05:17:22 09/11/10 (6)

Talkin' business - travisty 06:43:34 09/11/10 (5)

RE: Talkin' business - jmlattu 08:16:19 09/11/10 (4)

The knob on the "right" (outside) is the VTF adjustment - travisty 15:08:20 09/11/10 (3)

RE: Quite impressive system - jmlattu 10:36:13 09/12/10 (2)

I didn't try that... - travisty 16:03:31 09/12/10 (1)

RE: Yet another question - jmlattu 07:51:53 09/14/10 (0)

Not that I remember. Can't remember how that would be done - travisty 08:31:02 09/14/10 (0)

Azimuth - jmlattu 09:08:41 10/05/10 (0)

RE: Not that I remember. Can't remember how that would be done - jmlattu 09:02:40 09/17/10 (0)

RE: I might try that... - jmlattu 07:18:30 09/13/10 (0)

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