A good review VS a bad review.

[kml]

Here's a good review where the reviewer has access to a screwdriver and preforms some tests.



And here is a BS review from Stereophile.

"the Pioneer PLX-1000 emitted a barely perceptible forced weightiness. I had to listen very carefully to hear this. The effect was like a nervous unsuppleness that pushed ever so lightly against my consciousness while music was playing."

www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-4

Too bad Stereophile can't afford a screwdriver or a simple mixing board...



cheers
ken

[rocky500]

I never noticed any feedback with the PLX-1000. So far it is a great turntable and very quiet. I have had a few now. Rega, Clearaudio, Well tempered, Garrard.
Could it have been his setup or because he pulled it apart?
Will compare it soon once I run in my phono preamp a bit more to my other turntable. On my first listen it was great.
I only use turntables in a home stereo setup to listen to my records though.

[kml]

May 22, 2015 11:58:57 GMT -5 rocky500 said:

I never noticed any feedback with the PLX-1000. So far it is a great turntable and very quiet. I have had a few now. Rega, Clearaudio, Well tempered, Garrard.
Could it have been his setup or because he pulled it apart?
Will compare it soon once I run in my phono preamp a bit more to my other turntable. On my first listen it was great.
I only use turntables in a home stereo setup to listen to my records.

Excellent I'm glad the deck works well! In a home setting I doubt the feed back would be as extreme as his test.

Still though was it beyond the resources of Stereophile to take the back off and have a look or hook it up to a mixing board and compare?

If the resonance was caused by removing and reinstalling the back, that in itself doesn't speak well to the design of the PLX-1000.

Really though, my post wasn't really about the PLX-1000, but the poor quality of audio reviews in the mainstream audiophile press.



cheers
ken

[rocky500]

May 22, 2015 12:08:18 GMT -5 kml said:

May 22, 2015 11:58:57 GMT -5 rocky500 said:

I never noticed any feedback with the PLX-1000. So far it is a great turntable and very quiet. I have had a few now. Rega, Clearaudio, Well tempered, Garrard.
Could it have been his setup or because he pulled it apart?
Will compare it soon once I run in my phono preamp a bit more to my other turntable. On my first listen it was great.
I only use turntables in a home stereo setup to listen to my records.

Excellent I'm glad the deck works well! In a home setting I doubt the feed back would be as extreme as his test.

Still though was it beyond the resources of Stereophile to take the back off and have a look or hook it up to a mixing board and compare?

If the resonance was caused by removing and reinstalling the back, that in itself doesn't speak well to the design of the PLX-1000.

Really though, my post wasn't really about the PLX-1000, but the poor quality of audio reviews in the mainstream audiophile press.



cheers
ken

He did remove one of the PCB boards the cover from the motor the rear connections on the back. Could be a cable problem, some missmatch somewhere in his setup, a wire came off, wire problem to his cartridge or any number of things.
Why I think it may be only his as I have not read another thing about it any where on the net. There is quite a bit of info already on the net on the plx1000.