Thank you. Allentown and the Lehigh Valley area is an interesting place. I dream of that Thorens you have listed. My Sony rig is not functioning at the moment and I am a noob to fixing them. I always just bought big brand affordable turntables and when they conked out bought something new. Joined here to learn something and pick the brains of knowledgeable people.
Totally understand. I went from a Denon AVR/POA with Paradigm 7.1 HT to get into vintage hifi. You might keep your eye out on hifishark for the Thorens tables, especially here in Canada, you'll be saving over 30% right off the top.... Good luck