Rare Earth Sighting...

[BlazeES]

A PL cassette deck, currently on Audiogon.
(not affiliated in any way)



Might be a good candidate for the PL complete-ist!

 

[Northwinds]

Whoa that thing is frippin' beautiful. I think Nando should own this but $1000??? That's Dragon coin

 

[BlazeES]

Whoa that thing is frippin' beautiful. What are they asking out of curiosity? That looks nicer then the big Pioneers

Probably too much @ 1000 BIN clams but the listing does accept offers. Maybe it's worth it though, since I assume these rigs are pretty rare. It does look to be in really nice condition...

 

[Lazarus Short]

I'd never heard of or seen one before. A museum piece?

 

[laatsch55]

Pretty much..

 

[BubbaH]

I think Nando should own this but $1000??? That's Dragon coin

I think Nando would prefer Pioneer's version of that deck.

 

[orange]

Is that the Phase Linear version of a CT-F950 or 1000?

 

[laatsch55]

No, the CT-1A

 

[Elite-ist]

The Pioneer CT-A1 is in black finish, but I prefer the Phase Linear Model 7000's colour scheme much more.

Nando.

 

[laatsch55]

Thanks for the correction Nando..

 

[Elite-ist]

I had to double-check, myself, Lee, as it's not often the topic regarding these decks gets brought up.

Nando.

 

[laatsch55]

Was that the finest cassette deck Pioneer ever made??

 

[Web Police]

Bah humbug he doesn't even have the rack handles, knock off $700 for that.

 

[laatsch55]

If you'll notice it has rack "ears" fot the Pioneer "The Rack" like Moi has...

 

[Web Police]

Yeah he either took the handles off or they made just ears to rack mount the thing without handles.

 

[Elite-ist]

Hard to say, Lee. There's the Pioneer Elite CT-93 that's more modern that would be tough to beat. But, for rarity and if you like the looks, the CT-A1 would rank in my list of top 3. The CT-A9X was quite the deck in 1985-1987, too.

Nando.

 

[Web Police]

Dont foreget the Pio CT-95 and there were a handful of other 1990's Japan only decks with the lovely champagne face plates.

 

[laatsch55]

Thanks guys..

 

[Elite-ist]

Nice addition John with the CT-95. I have a number of Pioneer Elite components, already, with urushi finish and rosewood side panels, so the CT-93 would be my first choice, even over the CT-95.

Nando.

 

[Web Police]

Nice addition John with the CT-95. I have a number of Pioneer Elite components, already, with urushi finish and rosewood side panels, so the CT-93 would be my first choice, even over the CT-95.

Nando.

I figured that. I had a line on a CT-93 about 10 years ago for next to nothing, unfortunately at the time I was liquidating my elite equipment and wasn't using tape very much.