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Pioneer
PL-90
Pioneer PL-7L
(1984 - 1994)
Pioneer's
ultimate LP record player, available at first in Japan in black
and under the PL-7L name, later
on in North-America with shiny looks and under the PL-90
name.
Bar the luxurious finish and "Reference Turntable" USA
tag, the PL-7L and PL-90 are the very same: alumina ceramics tonearm
with DRA absorber to damp the former's lack of internal loss. Alumina
ceramics have very light weight and high rigidity. The DRA (Dynamic
Resonance Absorber)
was already on the PL-707
for instance and is nothing more than a miniaturized damping system
as found in Pioneer's own PA-5000
or Denon's late 1970s tonearms.
You can see the PL-7L and the specs at Mr
Nisi's.
With
a signal-to-noise ratio of 85dB, a large platter (36cm), a long
tonearm (28,2cm, effective), and Pioneer's staple Stable Hanging
Rotor and 17kg on the balance, the Quartz-PLL DC-servo coreless
motor PL-90 probably was the
last worthwhile turntable to come out of Japan and certainly of
the brand that produced the ultimate Exclusive
P3.
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