Pros & Cons
Pros
Headshell works great on my pioneer pl 518x. Compré dos artículos y son de excelente calidad, iguales a los que tengo en mis dos tornamesas pioneer plx-500. Great mid-fi solution. Sounds great with the new cartridge.
Highlights
Quality
Quality is ok, these work about as well as any audio-technica or technics headshell i've used.
This headshell works great on my pioneer pl 518x.
Competitiveness
It was a little shorter than the original headshell but the new cartridge fit and aligned perfectly.
I needed a heavier headshell like the original so i could properly balance the tone arm.
If not save 10 bucks and buy one of the cheaper audio-technica headshells, they're basically the same save the branding and som... Read More
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- This product had a total of 33 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 28 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you use the standard technics style headshells you will find that some cartridges will not align properly
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The reason why is that the pioneer tonearm is shorter than the technics tonearm by 2mm
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is really the only headshell that will accomadate the pioneer turntables
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But a great cheap midfi solution
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you have a pioneer turntable and must have pioneer branding because of your ocd have ctrl at it and spend the extra 10 dollar on the pioneer branded headshell
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The reviewer who said these headshells were the only one that would work on a pioneer branded turntable is just plain wrong
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Most of the time thats all thats needed except for the most exotic of stylus