I must confess there were two players I had in mind:the Runco LJR-II and the LD-S2. The previous player I owned used to shake my entire audio rack because of vibrations. I have yet to feel any kind of noticeable ones with the LD-S2. If anybody out there is familiar with laserdisc players these machines can produce all kinds of vibrations. The main transformer and the audio transformer are seperately mounted above the chassis to reduce vibrations. This was a refurbished model at an incredibly discounted price! I knew that if I could find one these I would purchase one. There she was:the infamous Elite LD-S2 laserdic player. What I saw there in front of me could not be happening. I was visiting a locally family owned buisiness. I believe these pieces of equipment provide a standard by which other models are created. I love to collect vintage/antique audio equipment. If you have to have AC-3 RF, this can be upgraded for a nominal cost. If you are looking for a fine laserdisk player and have the opportunity to purchase this rare model, it is wrth the price. The construction of the LD-S2 eliminates any vibration that would otherwise effect video quality. When you do away with the immense amount of vibration that is caused by the turning mechanism, the multiple trays for different video formats, you eliminate distortion. After reading all of the reviews here,I have to side with the members that found the LD-S2 to have a superior video output. I found the bass output to be substantially better in Dolgy Prologic II. I used Dolby Prologic II for surround output and again was amazed at how close it was, if not better than AC-3 RF output! Since AC-3 RF is a decade old technology, it has been surpassed by todays decoding/processing chips. Sound is not a factor as I use the dacs from the receiver, which brings up another thought. Very near DVD progressive scan output on a HD TV. It weighs almost as much as my Pioneer Elite VSX49TXI! I have run a couple of movies through it and was astonished at just how good the picture was. I went home and did some research and went back the next day to take it home for a tryout. I found a LD-S2 in a second hand audio store that looked as new, never used.

After a couple of weeks I was having laserdisk withdrawl. Additionally, it was one of the noisiest players I had owned. Last month I decided to give up on the format and sell the DVL-919. All were very good players, but not spectacular. Over the past 10 years I have owned, in the following order, a Pioneer CLD-D704, Elite CLD-79, and most recently, a DVL-919. During that time I have owned several different laserdisk players. I have been a laserdisk enthusiast since the introduction of the format.

Pioneer Ld S2 User Manual