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

Shucks Miller.
You make such a compelling case how could anyone refuse.......

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I assume the main difference between the qla7 and ql7 is just that one is auto the other is manual.

I think you assume correctly Uber.
My son loves the feature on his QL-A7 which at the end of each record, lifts the tonearm and stops the platter.
It doesn't return the arm to rest so there's no real complications to go wrong....😃

Hi uberwaltz,

I have a Pioneer QUARTZ PLL Electronic Full Automatic PL-630 DD turntable and I upgraded the headshell wires with ortofon LW-7N headshell wires.

I also upgraded the tonearm wire with CARDAS tonearm wire and the RCA turntable cables with KAB/CARDAS Spiral Air Litz cable with ETI RCA connectors.

This thing is built like a tank at 27 pounds and in mint condition and is very quiet when playing lp’s or 45’s. I’ve been meaning to put it up for sale for about 4 months now but just haven’t got around to it yet.

Here is a link: http://www.thevintageknob.org/pioneer-PL-630.html 

And on ebay I have almost 100 positive reviews with no negative reviews. See 2005tyray

This guy always has a few nice DD tables. He always recaps them and goes over all the electronics so you get a nice machine. Worth checking him out.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwg7OGjAQM

Thanks, Halcro, for chiming in with your opinion on the TT81 vs TT101. I really like my TT101, but I have no way to know how the two compare.

Uber, After deciding at one point to sell the DP80, because I wasn't using it (and because who needs 5 turntables?), and then not being able to get much money for it, I just recently put it back into operation.  I was not as fond of the DK300 plinth as Chak apparently is, so I replaced it with a 65-lb slate slab, and I mounted a Triplanar on the slab to work with the DP80.  (Mine came with a DA307 tonearm, which is sitting in a shoebox somewhere.) I recently put the DP80 ensemble back into regular use for MM cartridges (or other high output types).  So now I am back up to 3 turntables feeding my upstairs system.  And 2 for the basement system.  I know this is nuts, and I fear for my heirs who will not even know how to run all the equipment.  One problem that arises is I cannot keep 5 cartridges happy; they like to be used often to sound best.