Pioneer PL-88F
(1980 - 1983)

Nicely designed LP turntable from the short-lived "Communication Components" series from which the A-9 remains well remembered..
Not a linear tracker as one might believe but the pivoted tonearm has a DC motor of its own. The drive system is of the SHR kind (Stable Hanging Rotor) for a gravity center much closer to the platter.

The headshell sports two IR sensors to "see" the different tracks and allow programming, indexing, repeating and even synchronizing to the CT-9R cassette recorder.
Available later on, briefly, in silver color: PL-88FS.