The Pioneer plc-590 is worth checking out as well - nice unit and you can fit your own arm.
£550 and all the work has been done for you it's ready to play and it sounds fantastic.
http://www.mains-cables-r-us.co.uk/ourshop/prod_1177105-Goldring-Lenco-GL78-Turntable-cw-Linn-Basic-LVX-Arm-amp-Nagoaka-MP110-Cartridge.html
That's two "couple more" 's lol!Lovely deck but the OP wants a direct drive, not an idler drive.
A couple more for the list -
Monitor Audio ET500
Rotel RP3000
Toshiba SR-370
London Acoustical Developments GAJ828, GAJ942 or EL80
Shameless plug for mine in the classifieds. You are unlikely to find a better one!If you are up to making your own plinth Big Ears Audioo had an SP10 (Japanese voltage) on their website.
The Technics SL110 is worthwhile (had a final listen the other day befor it went to a new hope)
The Denon DP2000 looks rather nice too but I have never had the tiem and/or cash to get an arm and cart on it
I rather like the JBE Slate Series 3 which I use with a Technoarm a
That's two "couple more" 's lol!
Why would you care?Is there a way to do away with the tall spindle?
Joel,Why would you care?
Joel,
I'm just used to old style manual tables. Also, I've seen several listings where the fully auto mechanisms has gone, but it works fine in manual mode. I think such a problem would be an uneconomic repair, but having the tall spindle would make it tricky to get the LP on - I expect you have to squeeze together the 3 or 4 tines holding the record in the air. Certainly you'd not want to actually use the stacking feature since that would affect the VTA as each record is added. Some googling on this has suggested the tall spindles don't rotate - not sure if the extra drag on the spindle hole affects the performance or not - any thoughts on that? It looks like short spindles were supplied with some Technics tables, but I imagine if they are not installed they are long lost.
Dan