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So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000?

Pretty much as the title says.
Have been looking for a while for a decent DD table to add to my lot.
Have bought a few lower end ones and ultimately been dissapointed.
Now I know there were/ are literally hundreds of choices from the Japanese Golden era of DD tables.
Looking for suggestions from actual owners of solid DD tables up to about $1000 .
I have read and read but nothing substitutes for real experience.
This would likely not be my primary table, my Garrard 401 has that position for now.

Thank you.
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lewm
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Denon DP80
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best-groove
844 posts
 
The evergreen Technics SP 10mk2

or Jvc/Victor TT81  (QL8) 

or Pioneer PL 70 (not PL70II)

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uberwaltz OP
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Lewm.
The DP80 was on my radar but price is just a little over where I really wanted to be. About $1000 just for the deck, then need a plinth  and an arm and now we are over $1500 or more.

boxer12
8,656 posts
 
The JVC/Victor TT-101 always intrigued me. I own the Victor UA-7045 tonearm & it is excellent, suspect the table would be as well.  
lewm
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I paid $600 for my DP80 with plinth and DA307 tonearm, but of course that was about 8-10 years ago, and the DP80 was "broken".  Turned out to be an easy fix.  Anyway, even at $1500 a proper DP80 will compete with any belt-drive at least up to $5K.  I realize others may disagree, and I have no problem with that.  To each his own.  In my opinion, the DP80 will out-do the TT81 or PL70 but is on par with a tricked out SP10 Mk2.  I happened to like the DP80 better when I owned both, however.  TT101 would be more like competition for the DP80.
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