Just curious to see the span and volume of X0's ever manufactured by Pioneer Japan to confirm:
https://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?p=41110#p41110substance wrote:
per nicolas santini and suggested by serial numbers only 1500 hld-x0 were produced between 1995 and 1999(over 1000 were made in 1995). This ld was given with hld-x0 purchase. That suggest about 1500 pressed.
I got #3251 which is from March 1995 (Serial: PC100
3251T)
I could find online a few pics (updating with users' numbers when provided)
and will keep updating the lowest+highest production number for each month:
(old numbering system:
LL100NNNNT)
PA - 1995 Jan -
3001~3048PB - 1995 Feb -
3054~3087PC - 1995 Mar -
3132~3304PD - 1995 Apr -
3321~3359PE - 1996 May -
3366PF - 1995 Jun -
3383~3517PG - 1995 Jul -
3521~3666PH - 1995 Aug -
3707~3756PI - 1995 Sep -
3806~3917PJ - 1995 Oct -
3921~3963PK - 1995 Nov -
3982~3995PL - 1995 Dec -
4070QA - 1996 Jan - (none found)
QB - 1996 Feb - (none found)
QC - 1996 Mar - (none found)
QD - 1996 Apr - (none found)
QE - 1996 May -
4072~4106QF - 1996 Jun -
4129~4170QG - 1996 Jul -
4171~4214QH - 1996 Aug - (none found)
QI - 1996 Sep -
4230~4266QJ - 1996 Oct - (none found)
QK - 1996 Nov -
4300~4319QL - 1996 Dec -
4349~4368RA - 1997 Jan - (none found)
RB - 1997 Feb -
4388~4407RC - 1997 Mar - (none found)
RD - 1997 Apr - (none found)
RE - 1997 May - (none found)
RF - 1997 Jun - (none found)
RG - 1997 Jul - (none found)
RH - 1997 Aug -
4434RI - 1997 Sep -
4446~4455(new numbering system:
LLTT00NNNNJP)
RJ - 1997 Oct -
4463~4473RK - 1997 Nov -
4492-4493RL - 1997 Dec - (none found)
SA - 1998 Jan - (none found)
SB - 1998 Feb - (none found)
SC - 1998 Mar - (none found)
SD - 1998 Apr - (none found)
SE - 1998 May - (none found)
SF - 1998 Jun -
4502~4503SG - 1998 Jul - (none found)
SH - 1998 Aug - (none found)
SI - 1998 Sep - (none found)
SJ - 1998 Oct - (none found)
SK - 1998 Nov - (none found)
SL - 1998 Dec - (none found)
TA - 1999 Jan - (none found)
TB - 1999 Feb - (none found)
TC - 1999 Mar - (none found)
TD - 1999 Apr - (none found)
TE - 1999 May - (none found)
TF - 1999 Jun - (none found)
TG - 1999 Jul -
4524~4577Looks like Pioneer:
- Started counting at 3000
- Did produce over 1,000 units in 1995
- Barely 300 units in 1996 (the HLD-X9 probably took most of that niche market)
- Was probably making more units on request only above 1,350 until reaching nearly 1,600 in 1999 (here we see ~22 units in 1998-1999, and then one last batch of ~50).
Julien