Sony TTS-4000
Sony PSE-4000
(august 1970 - 1975)

The audiophile-esque (and/or professional) follower of the original TTS-3000, available as a drive (TTS) or integrated player (PSE), the latter however without Sony's own PUA-1500L tonearm (L for Long, shown below) which had to be purchased separately.

The command panel holding the speed selection and pitch control can be detached for wired remote control. Sources for specs are highly variable - I'll quote here the more optimistic s/n ratio spec : 65dB.

The next gen' (PS-8750 & TTS-8000) would previsibly, almost darwinistically, reach the 70dB mark.
Excellent, still today, and also very very elegant - something the TTS-8000 did have, but in a more flying saucer way. Playing a record on either is a luxurious experiment but the PSE-4000 concealed its technical quality quite well - 1970s vintage-wise, I don't see any record player as impressive and elegant.

The images shown here are culled from various french, german and japanese catalogs, all dated 1971/1973. I have many more in stock - for an update !