kidhominid,
Have you explored the Yamaha PX-2?
Hard to find and not inexpensive, these were about $900 circa 1980 although you might be pressed to find one in perfect condition for that price today.
Built like a tank, they are stunningly beautiful and genuinely "high end" linear tracking and fully automatic turntables.
The Absolute Sound raved about it, despite competition from a variety of fully manual turntables and tonearms of the day.
Even more rare and exotic, I believe there was also a PX-1 but that may have existed mainly in Japan.
There were others that were perfectly decent including the Yamaha PX-3, Mitsubishi LT-5V and LT-30 but the PX-2 and PX-1 were on another level of build quality and performance.
Good luck and Happy New Year
Have you explored the Yamaha PX-2?
Hard to find and not inexpensive, these were about $900 circa 1980 although you might be pressed to find one in perfect condition for that price today.
Built like a tank, they are stunningly beautiful and genuinely "high end" linear tracking and fully automatic turntables.
The Absolute Sound raved about it, despite competition from a variety of fully manual turntables and tonearms of the day.
Even more rare and exotic, I believe there was also a PX-1 but that may have existed mainly in Japan.
There were others that were perfectly decent including the Yamaha PX-3, Mitsubishi LT-5V and LT-30 but the PX-2 and PX-1 were on another level of build quality and performance.
Good luck and Happy New Year