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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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chipsam
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Kenwood KP 1100: good looking, innovative and in your price range.

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cb5300
42 posts
 
"Actually I would prefer a mostly manual DD TT, a lot less to go wrong with aging electronics."

Find yourself a nice DP59L and let the good times roll...The old Denons are hard to beat. I have (2) DP52F, a DP61F, and a DP59L.. Finding the 61F is tuff, it was the top fully auto that Denon made.  The 52F is almost as bad.  However, the 52F sister unit,  the 51F does shows up on that "other site" regularly enough... I've had my first 52F since 1982 and it's never missed a beat... 
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mtdining
131 posts
 
Why? A new table from Clearaudio sounds so much better!
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uberwaltz OP
13,381 posts
 
Why? A new table from Clearaudio sounds so much better!
 Lol.
You may have missed the point a little.
But it's all good!

👍👍
big_greg
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I love my JVC QL-Y66F.  I have 5 turntables, including a Clearaudio Emotion with the Satisfy arm and a Hana SL, but the JVC is my "main" table.  I had to stuff some plasticlay inside the plinth and replace the bouncy feet with some highly damped aftermarket ones, but it sounds great.  It's really noisy when it starts up and you it definitely does not have a "black background" while it's running, but it sings when it's playing music.  I have a Kiseki Blue NS on it and use a Manley Chinook for the phono stage.  I paid $545 for the table itself.  The  Mnpctech feet were $100.

I also have a Realistic LAB 440 with a Denon DL-301 MKII cartridge that is no slouch.  
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