It is often described as one of the best representatives of the “golden age of audio”. Even more noteworthy is the beautiful, smooth and warm sound that the PL 550X together with the Shure V15 IV cartridge deliver to this day. ![]() This model is distinguished by a very solid, precise structure and an extremely simple and elegant wooden enclosure. The PL 550 X is Pioneer’s iconic direct-drive turntable from the second half of the seventies. The company is currently a part of Pioneer & Onkyo Corporation. The company also played a major role in the development of DVDs, plasma TVs and Organic LED display technologies (OLED). Pioneer can also be proud of great successes in the world of auto-moto, as it introduced in 1975 the world’s first automotive stereo subassembly, then in 1984 a CD player and GPS navigation in 1990. In 1978, the company created one of the best-known and most powerful receivers in its history SX-1980. ![]() Four years later, Pioneer opened branches in the USA and in Europe. However, the breakthrough came in 1962, when the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange and created the world’s first stereo system with speakers in separate housings. In 1961, the company’s name was changed to Pioneer Electronic Corporation. ![]() In 1937 Nozomu Matsumoto created the first magnetoelectric speaker in Japan, and a year later, he registered in Tokyo the company with the name Fukuin Shokai Denki Seisakusho.
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