Pioneer DJ PLX-1000

Marking the launch of 20 years in the DJ industry, Pioneer DJ have released the Pioneer DJ PLX-1000 professional turntable. The PLX-1000 has been engineered with precision for the booth drawing on their 50 years experience of making professional high end decks. The result is a traditional, familiar layout with some cool next gen improvements like a high torque direct drive system, multi pitch control, club grade build and quality plus detachable audio and power cables.

The DJ quality PLX-1000 direct drive analogue turntable is designed for DJs who enjoy the look, feel, and performance of vinyl for music playback. The model offers a highly familiar, user-friendly control layout, high-torque direct drive mechanism, and exceptional audio playback quality. Combine the PLX-1000 with a Pioneer DJ professional series DJM mixer for an ideal system for true vinyl enthusiasts.

The PLX-1000 provides a user friendly layout familiar to top DJs of the past and present, providing quick tempo control capability on the right side of the player, start/stop button on the left side, and a high-torque platter with a lighted speed guide.

The direct drive mechanism of the PLX-1000 provides high-torque resulting in stable rotation and exceptional control. The turntable can achieve a starting torque of at least 4.5kg/cm and can reach its fixed rotation speed within 0.3 seconds (at 33 1/3 rpm).

To create an extremely stable player and prevent vibration, Pioneer DJ utilized a heavy-mass zinc die-cast chassis for the top section of the player, reinforced with a bottom section made of 8-mm thick resin. The base of the unit was further enforced with 9-mm thick vibration-damping material that results in extremely stable playback. The tone arm also received great attention in build quality and design to maximize performance, using rubber insulation to minimize howling effects during audio playback. The RCA jacks feature gold-plated machine-cut parts for low impedance for excellent sound quality output.

The player provides a range of tempo adjustments from plus 8% and 16% to plus 50%, giving users a range of pitch speeds. A RESET button for tempo sits next to the tempo slider for instant fixed rotation speed.

The PLX-1000 is built with a detachable power and audio cable connection for increased convenience, especially at times when the unit is being moved around. Users are also able to interchange cables to further customize the sound quality.