Vintage Turntable Recommendation


I recently rediscovered a pair of Allison CD6 loudspeakers that belonged to my parents. I had them refoamed and paired them with a small Sansui 350A amp (circa 1970) for a very modest office system that has turned out to be unexpectedly really special.. I would like to add a modest vintage turntable ($500 or less without cartridge) that would complement this system. Since it is for an office, I am leaning toward a semi-automatic as I often get carried away with my work and could see myself easily forgetting that the end of a side of play was approaching. I also think that I would prefer a tonearm where the headshell is detachable for easy cartridge swaps/ experimentation.. Right now, I have a NOS Accutex M420STR that I would like to use in this system. I am leaning toward a Technics SL 1700, but would really appreciate any other suggestions. Thanks..

PS..  my one slight reservation about a table like the Technics is that I don't really like the look of their tables..  The Allison speakers and the Sansui amp have these really nice walnut cabinets/case and the Technics just looks a little plasticky to me..  but if it is the right fit, I have no problems going with it,,,

gotog

ACOUSTIC RESEARCH TURNTABLE THE AR TURNTABLE 1983 Upgraded Linn Basik Tonearm - Picture 1 of 19

How about an AR table? Perfect match with your vintage Allison's. If you like to tinker, these are great plinths/motors to start with. Abundant mods and better arm choices.

I highly recommend that you do some research on the KENWOOD KD-650. I have one that luckily works flawlessly. I have a DS-Audio DS E1 cartridge and transformer. Keep an eye out, you might find one go up for sale. 

OP

For fun, I check Hifishark.com every day (one of my automatically opening pages) my default search is usually: Turntable

filtered by 'first seen, new first', see just added items, jump on something.

I put $ limit, Always check above the budget, you want to know what you/they might have if you go a bit above your budget..

You can filter by USA (your country) only, Canada only. I wish I could exclude yahoo listings sometimes, just to shorten the list.

Next, for any friend looking for anything, I change the search, to 'tube preamp' for example