I'd like to hear recommendations for Turntables under $5,000

invictus, have you ever put an SME V on your Michell?

Refurbished SOTA Nova, refurbished Star, or a new Sapphire are all in that $3K-ish range, but you do have to add an arm. Greatly musical tables that I think are a good value proposition in that range; too often overlooked these days.

@tzh21y I’m running an SME 309 on my Gyro SE and will transfer it to the SME Model 10, whenever I finally get it at the end of this month hopefully.

I have a client who is using an SME V on the Gyro SE.

Both tonearms sound incredible and are a sight to behold and an engineering marvel. I’ll probably upgrade to the V sometime in the future.

Pure van den Hul silver wiring and oil trough improve overall clarity and bass over the 309.

I personally consider V-12 the best tonearm ever made at any price and same applies to the Model 30 turntable.

Second the  Michell Gyro SE

I bet the SME V would sound Killer on the Michell