I , in all likelyhood will hold onto my very good deals --- A gone through (by S.Sank) Museatex CD-D & my PS Audio Lambda --both transports only and use the last of the quality Philips mechanisms... CDM 1 mkii and CDM 9 pro respectively. I also will unlikely let go of my tuners--- Kenwood 600t and 2 Sony's. ST-A6b and a ST-J75- The Kenwood and ST-A6b were both gone through by B. Ammons. The ST-J75 completely gone through including a re-pot of the tranny by ASL.. That was $500 restoration that was done for free ( its a story) I gave 100 toward parts. I cant see parting with that because I would never get good money out of it---even though the 75 is a bit of a sleeper.. It sells for only 100 give or take on the used market.
The ST-A6B is really a sleeper. It is right up there with the best I have ever heard --some of which are: Accuphase T-100, MR74, Hitachi and others. Its a 6 gang tuner which usually was offered in much pricier tuners back in the day.
That being said and not to hijack the thread ---Zavato--- Does that Zerostat really work for you? I bought a brand new one and it doesnt seem to do a thing. Im having an issue with my vintage Technics DD 1600mkii with static .. And it has never had this problem before and I keep testing to see if the issue in question is coming from the table itself or discs. Some of my discs seem to have a lot of static. I guess I will have to use the spin easy or whatever it is called. Never used it yet, lol. just doesnt seem like my vinyl is dirty to warrant it although I will say some records seem to have an inordinate amount of static.