Pioneer P-D70
(october 1983 - 1984)

After the Model 1516 prototype and its 4-channel surround-sound ability (backed by Philips until april 1981 but nixed by everybody else)...

After the original P-D1 in 1982,
Pioneer went fully on its own with the P-D70...
and sold many of them.
But upgraded it later into the P-D90 : black-faced, with an IR remote (CU-D90) but still retaining the mysterious "subcode out" connector. The latter was a Stereo Sound "Best Product" in the summer of 1984.

Among the originalities of both models : a binary digit / peak level switchable display ! Among the common features: all-metal :-)

The PD-91, PD-93 and PD-95 were just a few years away.