Tonearm Suggestions For Technics Sp15 Under 5k

@chakster please don't hold back any suggestions regardless of price. The least pricey that sounds as good or better than much more expensive the better. you were thinking Jelco right? 

Not the Jelco, it would be too simple to advice it.
In my opinion the best buy would be Victor UA-7045  ( pivot to spinde distance is 230mm) or longer 7082. No problem to mount both models on your Technics SP15

Some of the a'gon long time members putting those Victor on the same level as Lustre GST-801, the onyl difference is the lower price for Victor which is great for the buyers. It is so nice when top quality products are underrated on the market, this is the reason the price is under $750 max. This tonearm deserve much higher price! It's a very user friendly design. 

For very high compliance cartridges (30-50cu) i would also recommend low mass Luxman TA-1 (pivot to spindle distance is about 225mm and it will be very close to the ende of the SP15). The top of the line version of TA-1 has removable armwand and toneam stabilizer from beneath. It was made by Micro Seiki for Luxman (Micro also made direct drive motors for Luxman). I think the price is the same as Victor (under $750). You can see both LUX TA-1 and Victor on my turntable. 

Luxman TA-1 looks like the high-end version of Infinity Black Widow, the quality of TA-1 is much much better. It is hard to find light mass tonearm nowadays for the vintage high compliance MM cartridges. This Luxman TA-1 is a good one for them. 

P.S. I saw removed post in your thread, but i want to let you know that it will be impossible to mount new Technics stock toneam from SL1200G to your SP15, there is no room to accomodate the big base in appropriate pivot to spinge distance, and it's "9 inch tonearm.

For ultra high-end my advice is Reed 3P or related  

Thanks @chackster i was going mention sony pua models. Would you say your above choices are superior to anything sony made armwise? I may sell my technics 1200mk2 after i get the sp15..the sp15 come in a huge plinth

@chakster beautiful set up.

Thanks

Sony PUA-7 is nice one, probably the best Sony tonearm, i have no idea who designed them, but as you can see my PUA-7 is on the right turntable. With a closer look it's easy to see the armlift, the arms without the armlift are not the PUA-7. The PS-X range of Sony decks may have tonearms which share design-attributes with the PUA-7 but none of them is the one. Released after the PUA-1600L and PUA-1600S, the july 1978 standalone PUA-7 is an extremely rare unit in the history of Sony Corporation.  

However, you will not be abple to mount PUA-7 or PUA1600S on SP15, you need an arms with much longer pivot to spindle distance! If you're looking for SONY make sure it's long version of these models. It must be PUA-9 if you want the best SONY tonearm (because PUA-7 is too short for SP15).