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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Also recommending the TT-101.   Hard to beat and inexpensive relative to many  other vintage TT's in this class.   I have the QL-10 and added a Tenuto mat and some Gaia III's for feet and away I went.   ~$1100.00 in it, and I bought it recapped.   She's a keeper.
Reviewed the service manuals on TT-81 and TT-101. The main differences that I found:

-TT101 is coreless servo motor, TT81 is servo but not coreless motor
-2 dB lower noise for TT101
-2 kgs heavier for TT101
- rotational speed performance about the same, very very minor differences