How many turntables have you owned?


My analog journey started in the 70's- I'm on my 6th turntable, which I have owned since 1998. I think it's my final turntable!

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Quite a few, but many were duplicates of the same model.

-Dual 1219 (my first "stand alone" TT)

-Thorens TD160 MkI/MkII (not less than 5 total - lost track)

-Philips 212 (1 early on and 2 others received in trade later on)

-Thorens TD124 (people were giving them away in the late 70’s)

-Thorens TD121 ($20 @ an estate sale)

-B&O 4002 ($15 @ an estate sale - gave it to a guy I met @ a local thrift)

-Thorens TD125 Mki

-Thorens TD165

-Thorens TD125 MkII (my current deck)

-Lesa (rim drive from Italy - gift from local phile/still have it)

That’s all I can remember, though I did have a Technics direct drive in 1978 for guests to use, but I don’t recall the model (think it had auto play and maybe return).

I also traded the (2-later) Philips 212’s for one of the TD160’s as they were too prone to footfalls (I lived in a 1929 2-story wood frame building).

Couple of memorable decks that housemates had were a B&O 3000 (sparkly sounding compared to my TD160/SME/Sure V15 MkII combo, but good) and an unattractive Sony 3000 (forget the arm/cartridge) that was really good.

 

DeKay