Top loaders either employ some version of a Phillips CD Pro transport or a belt drive transport. These are durable, high quality engineered transports that don't use gear driven drawers, thus you have to use a top loading scheme. It's not true that ALL high quality transports have been top loaders. Mark Levinson manufactured their own transports (with drawer) in house.
Actually the best high end players are front loaders. See Wadia, Audio Aero, EMM, Accuphase, Wadia, Meridian, Esoteric, Reimyo, Levinson, Musical Fidelity, and Linn.
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