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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.
uberwaltz

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clearthink
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lewm"Only gravity and the resulting friction between the chassis and the shelf is keeping a DD from spinning in both directions at once, around the spindle as an axis of rotation"

Actually a platter can not spin in two directions at once as simple common sense will tell you no need to quote, reference, or apply Newton to arrive at that simple conclusion.
clearthink
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lewm" the CW is OK to sag a little bit. The rubbery joint between the CW arm and the pivot is meant to decouple the CW from the effective mass of the tonearm. Also, a little bit of sag does help"

That sounds like a poorly conceived, engineered, and executed design that results in an inherently, inescapeably, and permanently defective product. 
clearthink
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lewm"Clearthink, You've got to be kidding. No one talks like that."

English is not my first or second or even third language I am still learning it I travel to the US just a few times a year so don't have a lot of opportunity to practice and absorb Western idioms but you are free to mock my language because it is ok I don't think much of the US it's a cesspool of poverty, ignorance, and violence.
clearthink
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lewm"Clearthink, Not at all mocking your command of the English language, and you know it. Your choices of verbs and adjectives used in triplicate is impeccable.'

Thank you very much I do try very hard lewm and I appreciate your comments.
clearthink
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uberwaltz "I quite happily have all bases covered. Garrard 401. Idler. JVC QL-A7. DD. Sony PS-LX22. BD."

If you really had "all bases covered" you would not need three turntables.
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