I’m also very late to the thread, but I will still make a recommendation.
The Teac TN-400. These are completely unrelated to the modern Teac TT’s with the same model number.
This was a table designed to compete with the Technics SP-10 and was sold without plinth.
They used an excellent technology called ’Magnefloat’ whereby the platter is slightly suspended by magnetic force to take stress off the bearings. The only thing was, they were not licensed by the inventors to use it, and they were forced by courts to cease and desist manufacture.
The entire stock was sold for ridiculously low prices. My friend and I picked these up at a LA retailer for about $100 each, decades ago.
Anyway, these things are built like battleships, are dead quiet, and dead on speed accurate.
There is one on ebay right now for $1295, with a Grace 545 arm, and what looks like a well built plinth.
These will compete with the quality of any Denon, Technics, or Kenwood you will find in the same price range.
Both my friend and I are both still using them, problem free, since we bought them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEAC-TN-400-magnefloat-turntable-very-good-condition-rare-vintage-japan-F-S/163818421498?hash=item262456bcfa:g:2SUAAOSwcBJdVABH
The Teac TN-400. These are completely unrelated to the modern Teac TT’s with the same model number.
This was a table designed to compete with the Technics SP-10 and was sold without plinth.
They used an excellent technology called ’Magnefloat’ whereby the platter is slightly suspended by magnetic force to take stress off the bearings. The only thing was, they were not licensed by the inventors to use it, and they were forced by courts to cease and desist manufacture.
The entire stock was sold for ridiculously low prices. My friend and I picked these up at a LA retailer for about $100 each, decades ago.
Anyway, these things are built like battleships, are dead quiet, and dead on speed accurate.
There is one on ebay right now for $1295, with a Grace 545 arm, and what looks like a well built plinth.
These will compete with the quality of any Denon, Technics, or Kenwood you will find in the same price range.
Both my friend and I are both still using them, problem free, since we bought them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEAC-TN-400-magnefloat-turntable-very-good-condition-rare-vintage-japan-F-S/163818421498?hash=item262456bcfa:g:2SUAAOSwcBJdVABH