What would be the best "attainable" Denon turntabl


I am FINALLY about to pick up a Denon AVR-5803A and match it to a DVD-5910. I am looking for the best Denon turntable to accompany this pair. I am wanting a attainable one (not one that I will never find and when I do it is $2k). I am needing the toner arm and cartridge match information as well. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks guys
johnyakimo

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I am not sure how to "match" a Denon TT to the AVR-5803A and DVD-5910 but if you are looking for the brand, the best quality for non-stratospheric prices are the highest numbers you can find under 100 (i.e. 80, 75, then lower), then the somewhere between the 75 and lower I would put the 7000 and 6000 and then revert to the sub-100 numbers.

I'm not sure what "attainable" translates to in numbers, but I would expect you can find what you want for a fair bit less. The only one which should be truly out of that league these days is the DP-100/100M which is going to be a fair bit north of your "unattainable" bogey.
I disagree with Buconero as to shipping NECESSARILY damaging tables, but I do agree that it needs to be undertaken with great care. All tables were shipped from the factory at some point. Even when 'hand-delivered' from the factory to your home, what does that mean? Was it carried in a sling hanging from a bendy pole by two men? Was it carried by one guy? (I tried to carry a heavy TT once about half a mile from the guy's house to mine. I took the platter out but it still weighed close to 20kg. I threw my back out because of the way I was carrying it.

Shipping a table is a matter of care. Find someone who cares and you'll be fine.
Lew,
I saw that data tidbit once but I cannot remember where. I kind of ignored it at the time because the specs also said "if you apply up to 80g of VTF then there will be no speed change" comment whereas the SP-10Mk2 is probably close to 6-8x that amount, if not more, and the really big TTs are more like 1500g. That said, the start-up to 33.33 is quite fast so it is not impossible. It might be an interesting thing to try.
Lew,
I don't have any carts which want more than 8g of VTF. Even then, I don't have many records which could deal with that cart (meant for old monos). But that cart is a wonderful one when I can use it.
I came up with the same "75%" number as you did, but it isn't close. The number is quite low for such a big torque stat. That "XXXg with no impact on speed stability" 'stat' was one of the ones firms used to bandy about to show how strong and stable their motor was. For the L-07D, the figure is 120g. For the P3 and DP100 it is supposed to be 1500g. Most tables in the 6-7kg of torque area are 200-250g.
Interesting though is that the startup speed of 0.3 seconds is similar to the SP-10Mk2, Mk3, P3, etc.

I guess someone will have to get one and take it apart to see... You first.... :^) I'm trying to slim down on the table front.