The best "no fuss" turntable for $5K or less?

I had bad luck fusswise with a Nottingham Spacedeck/Spacearm combo, fwiw. Instructions supplied were the worst I've ever seen and typical tweaking with the arm drove me insane. Did like the looks and sound and would probably heve been happy with someone else's arm tho. Good luck! Oh, ps, bought an Aries/JMW10, sound is a wash but has been set it and forget it to date and the manual is world class. YMMV.

I have had two Basis turntables, (1400 and 2001) with Rega tonearms (RB-300 & RB-900), and both have been "set it and forget it" sources. Both sounded great too.

My two cents worth.

PS With any luck, next year will see me upgrade to the Basis 2500, with a Vector M3 arm. (I like Basis TT's that much, that I want to stick with them!)

i got a used sme 10 with arm ( I think that is the 10A) for a little over 4000. It has been maintenance and fuss free and I think it sounds great.

I agree with the above posts, I have both a Basis 2001/Rega Arm and the Nottingham Spacedeck with Space Arm and both have been hassle free. Once set up you can pretty much just sit back and enjoy the music. Sound from both of these tables is excellent.

KAB modded Technics 1200. Around $950 brand new.