Pioneer PLX 1000 ancestry

I started with the Ariston RD11S and SME arm in 1977 ($270 and $150). Added a second Ariston (earlier production pre-Linn) a year or two ago. Ariston made Sondeks for their first two years before Ivor Tiefenbrun moved out and opened his own factory! He just copied the Ariston design with minor changes. So much for originality! And at about the same time I bought my LP12 from a British seller (had my first Sondek about 10 - 15 years ago!). 

So there you have it, an eclectic collection of vintage TT's! My favorites remain the Ariston's and the Linn Sondek! But I still like and use the PLX1000 with the Denon 103R.

@roberjerman
You have about 30 turntables? Wow!!

Pioneer PLX1000 is theft, a cheap fraudulent Chinese knockoff. Hopefully it gets some serious tariffs soon.

Wow; all sorts of opinions here! My original question was whether  the Pioneer PLX 1000 is a rebadged Reloop 7000, and I guess it isn't. Why not try to answer the implied question of bondmanp,[above] as to whether the Onyko 1050 has any kinship wiith the PLX 1000, as Onyko and Pioneer are now the same company.