Anything I should know before buying a Micro Seiki RX-5000

Sure you want to do that???   Lot of money for a 40 year old turntable from a defunct brand...

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While I don’t disagree with the above sentiment, you are likely to find more Micro S ownership joys and pitfalls both real and imagined dragons on the WBF site.

while I do happen to own two ancient Denon from the era, my unsolicited advice is buy a Brinkmann Bardo…