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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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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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Halcro.
Good to know, the multiple Rega replacements of the glass with acrylic platter would seem to indicate that would have been the result.
Even though the genuine Victor glass mat would be cool as a period accessory, it seems it cannot fly as a SQ accessory!
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El cheapo experiment this morning.
Bought a Spanish reading course from the charity shop, 5 x 78rpm 10 inch records to play with.

I tried a plain 78 and then a 78 I fixed some felt dots to the surface to replicate the raised dot mats I have seen .
Nice to have the on the fly vta adjust for quick easy changes.

Tbh to my ears I like the sound of the plain 78 underneath.
So maybe that means an acrylic platter mat may be to my taste.
Oh well only $20 to buy one and see if I can successfully turn it down to 293mm.
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But that doesn't make the servo circuit go away. It is still there! It does operate with lag and it does perform corrections within the audio band. I just can't say how noticeable it may be. Some tables will be better than others, obviously.

I meant to credit the OP of this comment, but forgot name. Sorry.

I have two good DDs hooked up now to an all-tube preamp using excellent MCs. One is a Seiki DQX-1000, good enough for casual listening but not great, and the truly great DP80. BOTH have defeatable Servos, and Manual settings hold speed perfectly.

But I still listen to Servo because there simply is NO LAG. With either DD, the "good enough" nor the DP80. Maybe any "good enough" DD by Micro Seiki is the same: Servo has spot-on speed.

So OP is wrong... though he allows for exceptions.
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