But if you want to avoid heavily DJ used gear, then why go for a tt meant for DJ use

[bigmoog]

How could you define the "best" turntable over a fully tricked out SL12**?

I mean, there are many lavish concoctions out there with acres of gold and chrome, platters ten feet tall and the hair of vestal virgins driving the platter round from a separate motor pod that weighs more than three techies stacked together. A Rockport model claims to have virtually zero friction in the bearing, which takes hours, days or weeks to slow to a stop Mugs' eyeful all, but I doubt any of them would be significantly better as the LP itself is already the final arbiter...

Dave, my AS chrome superduper lavish deck, wot is fishing line thread driven, sounds better when I change the fishing line to cryofrozen dentalfloss....unfortunately I pulled a tooth out and its stuck on the floss....which rilly ruins speed stability.......the high end eh