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A table like this?

I'll second the Dual CS-5000 with the wood plinth. It satisfies all but the last item on the list, but counters with optical semi-auto and raises with 3 speeds.
 
davidro said:
If the performance was the ultimate criterion I'd just aim at GT2000 by the way...
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The GT-2000 is a great table and one I'd love to have myself, but the JVC TT-101 would be a better table.

Strong indications are from articles I've read, the Yamaha used a JVC built and designed motor. JVC supplied motors to a few different table manufacturers.

This cross-platform stuff is not new among those manufacturers- JVC and Micro Seiki supplied lots of parts to other builders, Denon shared it's technology for magnetic head reading of the platter with Sony, etc....

Spellbinder said:
JVC made some fine turntables. I'd sure like to find a QL-10, that's for sure.
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majick47 said:
Your getting into the best of the TOTL Japanese direct drives re the TT-101 and 30 years later still difficult to beat.
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Of course, the TT-101 is incredibly rare and very expensive.
 
davidro said:
DD-8 looks pretty charming. Might be my future target!
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DD-7, DD-8, DD-100, DD-40- just a few.

Be sure to check specs though- not all these Micro Seiki models are quartz, not all have removable arms.

But... some can be modified to have removable arms, and some came stock with some fantastic arms.
 
I've just checked a Micro DQ-5. Aesthetically I can't ask for more. It appears to be a QDD. Not sure about isolation. The stock arm's pretty enough but may not be replaceable. Hmm. Not too bad though.
 
davidro said:
What if we threw a GT2000X? :D
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Good thing about the GT2000 is it's much more readily available than the TT-101/QL-10.:yes:

And when you're in that class of table, the performance is more close than different.

I'd say it's almost in hair-splitting territory at that point.:yes:
 
The thing about those mega tables is that they tend to be really really big. Some may like it that way but I realise that I don't really.
 
David- ever see any of the custom SP10-MK2 Technics?

They either veneer the metal casework, or they pull the motor from the metal casework and countersink it into a custom plinth.



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That my friend is a beautiful table. Perhaps the most beautiful Technics table I've ever seen. But I don't have access to woodwork.
 
thedelihaus said:
Here's a JVC QL-10- pretty impossible to find. The QL-7 is it's little brother, is more affordable and show up here and there.
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This is very beautiful JVC. Thank you for posting it.

I have very basic JVC QL-A2 that I purchased about 2-3 years ago. It's a very good DD turntable. I remember at that time Ebay always has many of them. Not anymore. Now I don't see them much.

Even more interesting, Technics SL-1600. When I got it a couple of years ago, it was so common that eBay had 1 full page of them. Not anymore. As I write this, eBay has Zero offering of Technics SL-1600 (any modifications!), None! Only 1 unit for parts.

What's going on?
 
Many of those mega tables are big due to needing to accommodate separate tonearms. And having the option to mount more than one tonearm.
 
Another reason for being big is the heavy/solid bases/plinths which are used to ward off vibration/resonance. The grand daddy of them all was the Mitch Cotter plinth.
 
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