What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin?


The sound quality isn’t great, so rather than something super revealing, something that is very musical, and can also convey the magic. Sort of the Decca cartridge equivalent of turntables. I am guessing less Caliburn and Techdas, more Linn, Roksan, Denon, EMT 927, Rega, even.
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Rockport of course would do as would modified high-end Technics. But that's big money. For little money, by audiophile standards, you want Nottingham Spacedeck/Spacearm with motor controller. As for the cartridge, well, there are many that would work. The Goldring 1042 MM that I have does quite well with Mahavishnu Orchestra and it would with Led Zepplin.
Roksan would probably be a good choice too, but I am unfamiliar with it, just read something somewhere.
Well, of course good table should be able to play anything reasonably well but still one could try to choose based on music preferences and preferred presentation. For example, I know that I will not be into opera, rap or even Zeppelin, though the latter is closer to my taste.
As for the Nottingham, it is very popular in Britain, I have no idea why it is, yes, somewhat obscure here. It is also very unintimidating table, a little on the warm dark and deep side.
Atmashere, you amps are good and that's about it. Stay within your area of expertise. The source of music is mind not an instrument.
Atma-Sphere is wrong, once again. But if he wants to convince some of us he should try and prove what he says.
Next thing he might say is that amp is an amp, and if it's good it's equally good for everything. Then he will move to speakers. And after that to guitars. Martin guitar would not be best for flamenco or the kind of music that John McLaughlin used to play. John himself said it, I am just repeating it.
There is a lot of art in designing good equipment, not only "stupid" science. But a lot of science too.