Pioneer DJ PLX-1000 Professional Direct-Drive Turntable, Black

I've been spinning vinyl for over 50 years as a budget conscious audiophile. Had everything from portable 3-speed record players, Dual 1219, belt drive Pioneers, and now this Pioneer PLX-1000 DJ deck. Also have a 3 year old Rega and an early 80's Sony DD with the "Bio Tracer" tone arm. From my home audiophile perspective, this turntable equals and exceeds my performance expectations. Audiophile desired features include: RCA output jacks, quick disconnect power, VTA tone arm adjustment, improved sound deadening in the base and tone arm, and a common easy change head shell on an "S" shaped tone arm. All features an audiophile may want in a sturdy, precision DD turntable. I have extra head shells with cartridges with my favorites being the AT7V MM and a Denon 301MKII MC. This deck keeps rock stable speed and is dead quiet in use, with NO tone arm bearing issues as a few have mentioned. I find this deck to be well made, well designed, and operates with precision, especially at this price point. These OEM clones of the original Technics 1200 decks share many similarities, but they each have their brand name signature on them, some better than others. The Pioneer PLX-1000 fills the need for most audiophiles on a budget. A recommended "Buy" for this use.

I was looking at a Technics or this turntable. After a lot of reviews said this sounded as good and was cheaper, I went with the Pioneer. So far it sounds fantastic. It's a heavy unit, but takes up the same about of space as most Turntables. Setup isn't hard, fine tuning is a little more difficult, but not to hard. It does not come with a cartridge. I paired it with a Audio Technics AT-VM95ML. You just connect to the 4 poles and slide it on the arm. Even with buying the Cartridge it was cheaper than the Technics of the same capabilities. Assembly of the table is as simple as putting in the table. You get different tops if you want to listen or DJ And scratch. So, something for any use. The player is well laid out and has slot for the 45 adapter. As I don't need the DJ options I just reset everything to defaults and played records. The instructions included and online can walk you through a proper setup. The player does not come with an equalizer or amplifier. My receiver has a Phono input so it plugs right in. If you don't have a Phono input you'll need an external device to get the sound to line level. It comes with a RCA cable and ground wire. It does not have auto return at the end of the record. Once everything was set I tried rock, jazz, classical, and it all sounds great. The lights blue record and a white needle light at not a distraction and the needle light can be turned off. Overall, a nice turntable for home use. I'm getting back into records and this was a nice compromise between a beginner turntable and spending over a $1K for a decent turntable. All seems good to me.

I had been using a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with the 2M Red cartridge for about 4 years. When considering the upgrade I knew that I wanted a better cartridge than the 2M Red and a more robust unit to deal with people walking past the unit during parties and unwanted resonance in general. This unit is substantial weighting in at about 2x the weight of the Debut. I also liked that fact that this unit did not come with a built-in preamp or cartridge. I’m a tinkerer and like to constantly try new preamps and cartridges. I’m currently using a Yaqin Hybrid Tube preamp and an AT-VM540 cartridge. The sonic performance is night and day. Wow. What an upgrade. Now I’m going to try the AT 33PTG next, as I’ve never tried a moving coil cartridge before. I did consider other turntables at about 2x the price, however, that all came stock with cartridges I did not want, like the 2M blue or other lower grade cartridge, or did not have the mass of the PLX-1000. Great unit. I’m not a DJ!

It's worth it, if you're thinking of buying the Pioneer DJ PLX 500 save your money and buy this one. It's so good and is worth it even if you have to buy your own cartridge for the head shell, if you're looking for a home turntable or DJ the Pioneer PLX 1000 is the best for your money the speed is on point both for the 33rpm and 45rpm with the amazing motor that it's rocking. I love the look, the blue strobe light is the best and so far the sound quality is amazing rocking a Ortofon Concorde Music Blue Phono Cartridge. Over all the function is simple and easy to use.

Excellent. Paired wit ATVM95EN cartridge, superb combo. LPs come alive. Music jumps at you. Outside of setting vta no adjustments needed. Plug and play. The quality, build and ease of use are incredible. Youtube shows some people have issues with tone arn bearings being loose on unpackaging. Others complain about tracking. Musy be older units. My tonearm bearings are as smooth as oiled glass. Tracking is dead on. Actually worth twice the price.

Great product, really good performance for Dj’ing

I was shocked by the high quality fit and finish of this table for the price. The platter is completely flat and well damped with rubberized material molded-on to the underside. The controls are smooth with an excellent tactile feel to them. The unit operates in dead silence - no white noise, humming, buzzing etc. The all-aluminum table seems to weigh around 40 pounds. The cueing lever is very smooth and easy to operate. If only it had a two-tone or silver finish to the base, and a hinged dust cover.

Absolute quality! I replaced my AT-LP120XBT with the PLX-1000 and I couldn't be happier! This TT is HEAVY! Built as solid as it gets. Every single thing that was thin plastic on my old Audio Technica is solid metal on this unit. If you're wanting a higher quality TT and don't want to break the bank, this is the product for you. It does not come with a phono cartridge, just a headshell, but grab an ortofon, Nagaoka, or whatever is in youre price range and you'll be good to go. (This unit does have a universal headshell slot FYI so you can put whatever pre mounted set up you'd like) 5 stars all day!

The product was defective and I continuous humming sound was coming out of the turntable so I and to return back the equipment

E excelente porém feita na china. Caso contrário custaria o triplo. se gostou de um like.

Tube unos technis m5g... Y estos son muy parecidos... La verdad son muy potentes versátiles con el +-8..16..50... Y el tacto al po er un disco es.... Maravilla!!!!

Excelente equipo: tanto la estética, como lo robusto de su construcción, y SOBRE TODO la CALIDAD del sonido. NO TENGO NINGUNA queja sobre el desempeño de la tornamesa; excelente manera de devolvernos a los años 70 u 80 y poder no solo escuchar con el oido sino sentir con el resto de los sensores del cuerpo, UN SONIDO MONO o STEREO NATURAL. Usando una pastilla y aguja Shure M44-7 es toda una experiencia. No la puedo comparar con ningún otro equipo, es un Rock Star por mérito propio. Muy alta razón Beneficio/Costo.

I've had many quality turntables, a mint condition Linn LP12 & a Kenwood 7010 to name a few. External build quality is not up to the standard of those decks with some plastic finishes, but it weighs a ton and the function of the unit itself is perfect, importantly the sound quality is superb. I would rate the audio quality at least on par with the other 2 tables previously listed so it is a heavy hitter. At the price, I think it's cost for the resulting audio reproduction is amazing and I would highly recommend to the fussy golden eared ones amongst us. Whether they could lower themselves to listen to a modern direct drive is another issue but the back ground is super quiet, sound staging amazing, clarity is stellar and the bass-taught, powerful & clean, definitely more bottom end bravado than what I'm accustomed too. The deck was a breeze to set up, I would highly recommend this great value turntable.