Changing the arm is quite easy on this deck if you wanted to upgrade it. The only modification I have made is to change the audio signal leads, I removed and added RCA plugs on the back of the turntable plinth, the old leads just came out through a hole and were not fixed.Īll reassembled and now sounds great, this is a fine turntable and even the arm is quality if a little basic for modern tastes (the PL12D has a newer arm with anti-skate and a weight scale). I removed the tonearm and speed change and cueing decals, they are made from aluminium and lightly glued on and so very easy to remove without damaging. I decided to disassemble and repaint the rusty surface of the plinth (not the wooden lower part). I freed up and oiled the platter bearing and the motor and it now runs perfectly. The Turntable had been neglected and had surface rust and a seized bearing (the grease/oil had dried hard), the motor bearings needed oiling, there are proper oil channels and oil bearings on the motor that can be accessed from under the platter. The platter bearing is bronze and the spindle steel, made to very good tolerance this example has no play in the bearing and makes no noise. This is a substantial and well made turntable it has a heavy platter and a very sizable motor. Cartridge: PC-50.This is an early example of this turntable, it has the earlier tonearm with no anti skate and no weight scale you will need a separate stylus force gauge (tiny weight scales/balance) to set the weight of the tone arm/cartridge. PL-55DX: Same as Pl-55D except it has low capacitance wiring for quadraphonic play. The “X” designation was the PL-55 table with slightly better specs such as a strobe light and a static balanced tone arm. I also believe that the “D” designation means the table was wired for use with the CD-4 Quadraphonic decoder. I believe the later, early 80’s “F” designated tables are belt driven. All are very similar with only minor differences. Pioneer Turntable PZ-115D Operating instructions manual (12 pages) 67. There are a number of different PL-55 versions including the PL-55, PL-55X, PL-55D, PL-55DX, PL-55DXF, and PL-55XF and others. Pioneer Turntable CDJ-2000NXS Quick start manual (44 pages) Pioneer Turntable CDJ-2000NXS Quick start manual (116 pages) 66. It is a direct drive, servo controlled, semi-automatic table which incorporates auto return. It’s a very nice looking table though, as wood plinths go, I like the Dual CS-5000 the best. This Pioneer PL-55X turntable was one of Pioneer’s offerings in the mid 70’s.

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