Technics or Kuzma turntable.

Dover is unable to express an opinion of his own without throwing in a gratuitous insult along with it. The OP has opened up a pre-existing can of worms. The vinyl world is divided into those who advocate direct drive turntables and those who prefer belt drive turntables. The better those two drive types get, the more they sound the same. I would advise the OP to make up his own mind by going to whatever lengths it takes to have a listen to the respective turntables. Then he may be able to decide for himself. But before you do anything please discount the other BS that Mijostyn cannot resist repeating every time he comments on a direct drive turntable, the bit about the “pulsating magnetic field”.Designers of direct drive turntables know full well about the potential for EMI sourced noise. They are not idiots. The tables of best quality are well shielded against such interference. Just as some of the very best belt drive turntables have taken into account the phenomena of belt creep and belt slippage, and the other speed anomalies that can plague a belt drive turntable.I will freely admit that I am in the high quality direct drive camp, but if I were to purchase a belt drive turntable, at a reasonable cost to me, it would most likely be a Kuzma. I think those are very intelligently designed. In short, if you want to close your eyes and choose one, you really cannot go wrong with these two.

Wouldn't Brinkmann be in the same conversation as the above mentioned turntables? And yes, I am well aware that the OP didn't include Brinkmann in his comparison. Just wondering.....

I am taking every thing into account all of you have said about both tables. After all that has been said both tables are good to go and if I get the Kuzma I plan to put it on a HRS M3X2 isolation base as I have talked to Mike at HRS and he knows how to get the best sound out of almost any table with his bases. Yes Brinkmann is also a very good table.
Thanks again.

Which Brinkmann? They make both types.

An HRS or SRA or Townshend platform is a must. Currently I lean toward the Townshend Podium. Kuzma is a great TT but Technics is a major company with extensive R and D and a well deserved reputation to maintain. And you might consider a Triplanar arm.