Most Architectural Turntable/Best Looking?


Okay, this is not the audiophile stance...but I have been in modern furniture/architecture/home building-remodeling for years, and looks..are a factor to me!

So, what are the best looking (and sounding) turntable/arms in the:

1. Under 1k $ range?
2. Under 2k $ range?
3. Under 3k $ range?
4. No limit range?

Thanks.
whatjd
Check out the Turntable Galleria for a comprehensive display of turntable pics. It's a slow website, but worth waiting for.

You can check it out at

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4133/ttg.html

Enjoy!
There are several really great looking TTs. You can see them often in Stereophile. But its really not even close. The answer to at least the aesthetic part of your question is the La Luce. Jameswei scores.
For MODERN design: "Simon Yorke Designs" S7 or S9. Highly recommended for architects and furniture designers.
I am an trained Architect, so I know what I'm talking about ;-) (Ha! Ha! The truth is that I'm biased because I own one of these babies!) But the Orbe SE does look pretty cool with my industrial (more specifically, modern deconstructionism, for you architects out there) interior including some furniture from the modernism era (Corbusier, Marcel Breuer, etc)! I just wish the importer would have the chrome/black finish option on top of the gold/black finish. Another option would be the German Acoustic Signature Analog One. Well, that constitutes my "professional" opinion, and you can quote me on that!

Of course, your personal taste may vary (in sound as well as aesthetics.)

FrankC