Best Turntable: Acoustic-Signature, Amazon Refere

Dear Mark: All those TTs are very good ones. I prefer the all metal one designs like Galibier or AS. The whole music presentation is firm, steady, thight bass, extended high frequencies, very natural mid range, etc, etc. The Wood/acrylic ones are really" soft " sound reproduction at both frequency extremes a little on the " dark " side.

Now, the Sota Millennia has an advantage that I love it: vacuum hold down record, this makes a difference for the better in the quality sound reproduction.

I own two Acoustic Signature TTs and I'm very happy with them. I like their clever design, quality control, up grade options and very trusty operation ( in 3-4 years I never had any single problem with it ). I use these TTs with a second hand Audio Technica vaccum platter.

My choice: Mambo or Galibier and the Schroeder tonearm is a very good mate for both.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Thank you all for the good dialog that is taking place. I have a Linn LP12 (that I bought new in 1979). I have upgraded it with a Cetech chassis and Graham 2.2 tonearm, but would like to go farther. I have been looking hard at the Galibier Gavia, but then saw the Acoutic-Signature Mambo and thought that it appeared to be a similar basic design (and very attractive).

I am very interested in the Schroder tonearm next time.

The Amazon and Sota I threw into the mix, because they look promising, and I would consider them depending on the feedback provided here.

Thanks,

Mark

I will strongly second the Galibier and the quality of character of Thom Mackris.

No one ever mentions Pluto turntables in these discussions. Why is that? They are rare, of course, insanely expensive, etc. They also seem to have garnered high praise from reviewers. I have never seen or heard a system with a Pluto turntable, but perhaps some of you turntable mavens know something about them. Any information would be interesting.

In 2016, How many of these manufacturers are still extant?
SME
Linn 
SOTA
Graham

anyone else?