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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@uberwaltz
a tolerance of + - 10% of the voltage is allowed but I would not risk playing too much with the luck.

Buy a step-down and let me turntable be happy.
Best Groove
Kind of my thoughts, 20% over voltage is on the high side and I would HATE to burn up that tt71 motor!!

Looks like plenty on eBay from $25 and up.
@uberwaltz

25 $ step down?

Make sure you have a good safety margin of Watt.
50 W minimum or better 100 W for the paltry cost of this accessory would be a good choice.
Yes
Plenty of Japanese step downs.
Spent a bit more at $33.😁😁
120w power so should be plenty.
I found a QL-A7 schematic over here.

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/jvc-ql-7-turntable-unstable-speed.835544/
https://i.imgur.com/EpvHSek.png
and it shows a 120v transformer for USA. But it also uses a regulator circuit (X820/X821) to drop the unregulated rectified ~46v down to 22.5volts. So it will probably be ok, just that those regulators will be working a bit harder and hotter.
Might not be a bad idea to use a step-down though.