While this post may not be to your liking, I felt all but obliged to post it anyway. I purchased a new Pioneer PL-55X sometime in the 70's, replacing a Dual 1229Q with it. I have rarely been so disappointed with a turntable in my life as I was with the 55-X (only the Garrard Zero 100 was worse). I had no complaints about the sound, though it didn't seem to sound much better than that which it replaced, but I found the cueing mechanism to be the worst-designed of any turntable - ever. There was simply no way to use the awkward cueing "slide" lever without the tonearm actually dragging across the record before lifting! I even wrote to Pioneer about it and was informed, "that's the way it was designed."

A less expensive Technics SL-1500 replaced the 55-X with far better results all around.