Sperling L-3 Turntable, German perfection, universal voltage— price reduced

The listed price is for the Sperling L-3 turntable only.  Other items would be available,  separately,  after the Sperling is sold, including the Kuzma  tonearm, Rix Rax, and Silbatone phono preamp--the Schroder tonearm has been sold. 
This table, which is is excellent  condition and operates flawlessly, is being offered for about 25% of retail.
The Sperling L-3 is a massive, beautifully engineered turntable from Germany. Great speed control, awesome dynamics and bass, yet subtle when it needs to be. It is the best table I have had, beating out competitors from the top brands, which I will not mention here because they were all also fine tables.  am only selling because after 30 years of audiophilia, I am downsizing, and essentially selling my entire system for something far more modest.
This Sperling omes with two armboards, and inserts for Kuzma, Schroeder, and Reed arms.  The retail price is $17600 with one armboard, $20,300 with two armboards.)
 I am NOT selling it with any tonearms--the pictures are for reference only.  The Kuzma would be available after the sale of the table, or with it as part of a package.
This beautiful German engineered and manufactured turntable is is in excellent condition. Comes with two sets of platter inserts, one set wood and one set a black composite (POM) material,. It can use a tape drive, or a rubber belt. In this instance, I am using a belt sourced from Galibier-- a low-mass fabric belt saturated in neoprene. According to Galibier it's similar in performance to a Kapton belts--what that means is utmost speed stability in a belt drive turntable.
The turntable power supply accepts 110v through 240v and 50 or 60hz.
Stereophile rated the larger, simile.y designed, Sperling L-1 as Class A--this can't be far off.

Here is a copy of the manufacturer's information:

"A few things are different here and details are definitely not as simple as they seem. Handling flexibility and uncompromising manufacturing show the character of this extraordinary turntable. It can be individually tuned like no other turntable – both tonally and visually.
The base is an aluminium support milled from solid metal on CNC machines. This support carries the bearing as well as the major part of the massive platter. On this chassis you will find two mounting points for two separate tonearm bases, holding one tonearm from 9” to 12” length each. The tonearm base's innovative rotating mechanism ... allows for mounting the tonearms at any angle and distance despite the most solid screw attachment. You have the choice whether to equip the L-3 with one base or two tonearm bases.

The platter itself is made of a special aluminum alloy. Exchangeable inlays are affixed to the precision groves on the top, which create the coupling between the record and the platter... With this offering, the listener is given the opportunity to determine the tonality according to his personal preferences.
Innovation meets practicality: The tonearm base displays a scale on the top. This small feature makes it possible to mount a readjusted tonearm / cartridge combination together with its base plate on its original point effortlessly within a couple of minutes."

If not for marks on the bottom of the motor housing, this would be a 10 for condition. The table is operationally perfect.

I can include the SRA bases with the table, for no cost, except shipping. The large SRA base was originally made for an amp of similar weight, and has been repurposed. Although cosmetically far from perfect, (with equipment on top of them this is not much of an issue) the bases function as advertised, and are the best isolation devices I have come across I do not have the original boxes, so shipment would be dependent on finding a suitable box. Local pickup is encouraged on this.


Paypal adds 3%. Buyer to pay shipping.  The table comes with a flight case,  and the weight and size are provided so you can calculate  the shipping cost.   Local pickup welcomed. 

Reasonable offers will be entertained--unreasonable offers will be ignored.  At his asking price, there is not that much room, though.