Whats on your turntable tonight?

@mayoradamwest 

I just assumed you hadn't made the purchase yet, so sorry for the post.

To answer your question...if one's priority in a US machine is convenience, the AD is your guy. It does a better job of cleaning than the velvet-lipped, vacuum machines and costs quite a bit as well. AD has a reputation of a limited lifetime (3-4 years). Then it isn't user serviceable. 
I put together my DIY machine based on @rushton  comprehensive thread and did some testing. You can find most of this (my testing) on the "Thumbs up for ultrasonic cleaning" thread. 

With the AD one cannot clean the inside of it's tank easily/never completely. The rollers are nice but actually interfere with the cavitation process. There is no heating cycle. The cleaning cycle is way too short for maximum cleaning.

Sinead O'Conner "The Lion & the Cobra"  gold-stamped promo

You know me Slaw.......

Lol.

However I am pretty impressed with the Garrard 401. Just experimenting with carts right now.
The Scheu Analog SL sounds the best all round so far out of my collection.

I think may need look at carts seriously.
But giving this setup a good workout for now and liking what I hear.

Very different presentation to the Notts.

I seem to remember Nonoise saying he had a 401, be interesting to see what he runs for a cart.

had to finish mowing.....

"The Lion & the Cobra" is a really good lp, going to listen to side 2 again.