Yamaha PF-30 Belt Drive Turntable w/New Grado Black 1 Cart

Model

PF-30

Type

Belt Drive Turntable

Brand

Yamaha

One owner, well cared for belt drive, suspended motor and platter, turntable. Fitted with a brand new Grado Black 1 cartridge/stylus, with less than three hours of play on it, this table is one of the first to be a fully isolated three-point floating suspension of the platter and motor combo with a belt drive configuration in its price class. The tonearm is a dynamic balance with knife edge bearings and is a straight arm with a length of 222 mm, overhang is 16 mm and the offset angle is 23°. The anti-skate mechanism is a suspended weight. The signal to noise ratio is 72 decibels, wow and flutter is 04% WRMS. The head shell is a " P " mount. The platter is 540 gram diecast aluminum with a rubber mat. A manual is included. this is a quiet clean well functioning turntable that will startle you with its sound. The Grado cartridge alone is $100 bought new less than a month ago at Fred's Sound of Music. This is a vintage turntable, on and off is accomplished with an inline switch on the power cord and the auto return at the end of album play works perfectly. It has an acrylic dust cover that is not hinged.