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Help me find a Simple Hi End Turntable

I know somone out there knows of a SIMPLE hi-end turntable.
All I want to do is buy a TT (used,clean), take it out of the box, cable up, clean a record, and play it. No tweaking, no VTF, no aligning,no arm install, ZERO setup. Why? My eyes are lousy, and I just am a doofus at table/cartridge setup. Why possibly ruin it, and my records? Tried it. I stink. Really don't want to learn at this point. So I am looking for a really good, complete, ready to go table, that will require only a new cartridge/stylus every so often.
I currently own a Music Hall MMF-5. Not bad; I'd like to do better. Thanks for your time!
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c123666
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Project 9, Rega 25, any my choice would be the Audiomeca Romance which comes fitted with a very good unipivot arm and is a lovely table. Retail price is a bit stiff at 3500; friend just acquired an almost perfect slightly used one for 1250 landed.

The Audio Note TT1 fitted with the Audio Note ARM2 is a very good system for not a ton of money. Used they are a steal if one pops up; about 750 used for the rig.
c123666
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If you do try to set it up yourself remember that the wires to the cartridge are extremely fragile and it is very easy to pull a wire out of the arm tube as well as to pull off a little metal clamp that attaches to the cartridge. The fact that many modern arms have affixed headshells only makes this more difficult.

Buying a new table from a dealer makes sense for an inexperienced person given the price of cartridges that are considered excellent.
c123666
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harmon kardon t60 for sale right now with original box, manual...darn good table for 300 or so
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