I just had my old Pioneer SX 1010 refurbished and need a turntable. Any recommendations? I'm

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8. I would check CL for people who are selling multiple vintage pieces

Like, the sort that own a small/local vintage gear business, even if just run out of their homes. Use the 'see other ads from this user' feature to help find such people. There's 5 or 6 such people I know of here in PHX.

They're likely to have decks that they've inspected/fixed up for sale, and since they do this as a business, they'll be likely to be honest so as not to hurt their reputations.

One TT that's known to be really bulletproof are the Technics SL-D2 and SL-Q2. They are common, nice-sounding, hardy, and simple to repair.

The later replacements SL-D202 and Q202 are also solid, not quite as nice but should be cheaper.