Top ten DD turntables of all time?

I loved the look, feel and performance of the beautiful Denon DP-60L. 30 pound high finish rosewood block with brushed aluminum tome arm/

My trusty Sony PS X800 really has no faults that I can specifically identify. Neglecting for the moment the linear tracking servo controlled arm, consider just the DD table.

There is no speed variation. This is evident using a strobe disc, and by listening to test tones (listening for waiver).

There is no pickup of noise from the motor.

Rumble is as low or lower than my old belt drive table which had a large diameter oil-soaked bearing.

It rotates the LP at a correct and uniform rate, while transmitting little vibration to the LP, or magnetic field to the pickup. Can someone tell me what it is not doing?

Now this DD turntable was not a cheap product, costing about $1000 in 1980. Perhaps, (and I think it so) Sony engineering did a good job on this product.

Nsgarch- Thanks for the fantastic link to all those vintage DD tables. I felt 25 years younger just browsing thru that website. Rod1957

I'm still using, and happily, a Denon DP-72F. 40+ pounds of Rosewood, and their best "servo-tracer" arm. Mated to a V15VxMR, it has satisfied my vinyl fix, and my sense of esthetics very nicely. And it was under $800 in '86, if I remember correctly.

Cwlondon, the Linn LP12 is a "finicky" table, which requires specific knowledge to set up properly. I can understand if you had a frustrating experience with it. I, however, am a factory trained Linn setup technician, and had no trouble at all keeping my LP12 in top operation order.

For those with similar experiences to Cwlondon, perhaps a simple direct drive table might be a good choice, or even some other more easily set up belt drive tables. You'll find that an unsuspended TT is much easier to set up, regardless of drive system used.

I don't mean to sound harsh about my assessments of these tables. I just want to provide some perspective about the various levels of performance available from certain designs and implementations.