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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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halcro
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I've used a variety of mats for the Victors
Cu180 COPPER
ACHROMAT
JEWELTONE GLASS MAT
SUEDE MATS
JICO CALFSKIN MATS
VICTOR PIGSKIN MAT
The best sounding in my system was the Cu180 but I felt it was too heavy for the bearing.
The next best was the original Victor Pigskin which is nearly unobtainable.
The Jico mats sounded good also but are no longer made.
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Halcro
What did you think of the glass mat?
Read a few articles that say acrylic was much better than glass as a full platter but hard to find anything referring just to a mat.
The one I am looking at weighs 1kg so about 2lb 3oz approx.
Was the cu180 much heavier than that?

I guess I could also buy an acrylic mat, Chuck it up and try to whittle od down 2 mm as well......
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@lewm Actually it is a line switch, and I seriously doubt whether it would work between tonearms and phono thus my warning. Luxman also offers the AS55 which is a speaker's switch. Both are produced first and foremost for dealers and collectors in mind and are only available in Japan and its closest neighbors afaik. 
You are right about a custom switch, possible but far from ideal. A multiple inputs phono stage or multiple phono stages are the way to go, costs notwithstanding. 
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halcro
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Glass mat was poor Uber......
Took all the 'meat' out of the sound 🥩
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Gallus
Did you ever look at the Manley Skipjack.
It appears it might serve as a multiple phono switch, after all it was made by Manley!
However I have decided to not pursue that route for now as with the new to me TT81 mounted in its huge by large plinth I do not have the room for more than that and the Garrard 401 in its equally huge by large plinth .
So the TT71 is now a "back up" TT.
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