How Many Turntables Have You Owned
Plastic turntable with built speakers (pre-school age) Cheap all in one system with BSR changer (pre-teens) Huge Magnavox rack system with BSR turntable (teenager) As an adult: Thorens TD-318 AR ES-1 VPI HW-19Jr. Thorens TD-320 II Rega Planar 25 Nottingham Spacedeck Roksan Xerxes X Newer version of Spacedeck Still have the Spacedeck/Ace-Space combo. Don't feel the need to change or improve for the foreseeable future. Shakey |
Hmmm...fun question. Radio Shack rebadge of a BSR, Garrard Zero 100, Kenwood KD 500 with Infinity Black Widow, Denon DP 3000 with Infinity Black Widow, Sota with Infinity BW, Basis Debut 3 with Graham 1.5t, Debut 5 with Vector, Debut Signature with SME V, and playing around now with Technics SP 10II with SME III, Technics SP 15 with EPA 500, two Thorens TD 124 with SME IV. Whew that's an embarassing number of turntables. The Basis Signature / SME V is flat out amazing. |
Let me see: BSR (changer w/built in amp, fold out speakers) Sony (don't remember the model) Metzner Starlight (got it from a radio station that was upgrading) Thorens TD165C Harmon - Kardon TD65 Project 6.1 VPI Scout VPI Scoutmaster w/ JMW9 Signature arm Walker Proscenium Gold Signature I guess that makes 9 since getting the bug |
In their approximate sequential order - BSR (in Steelman portable radio/record player) Dual 1009 AR Rabco AR/Mayware Yamaha HP-3 Philips 212 Rotel (DD) Pioneer 1000 Maplenoll SOTA Sapphire/Alphason WTTT Kuzma Stabi/Stogi Reference Technics SP-10 Mk2A/EPA-100 & VPI JMW 10.4 (under construction) Whew! Like Stringreen, I likely left out something. |
Eight in total: 198? Dual 1993 Linn Basik/Akito/K9 1998 Rega Planar 3/RB300/Elys and Denon DL103 2004 Michell Tecnodec/RB600/Ortofon Kontrapunkt A and Denon DL103R 2005 Thorens TD150MKII/TP13A/Shure 2006 Thorens TD166MKII/TP16/Denon D160 2006 VPI Scout/JMW9/Denon DL103R and Benz Ace 2007 DPS 2 "Der Plattenspieler" / DPS RB250/ Lyra Argo (i) |
Isn't it incredible how much money our little group has spent on just the turntables. Don't forget the amps, preamps, speakers, cables, tuners, tape decks, cartridges, arms, tubes, power conditioners, Record Cleaning Machines, resonance control devices, stands, etc., etc..... We are a very valuable and powerful group of big time audio consumers. We should be treated with respect and reverence by audio dealers...many of whom don't. In my dealings with these guys, many are order writers. They might allow the customer to listen to something, but are really not interested in their satisfaction. I find most dealers too haughty ..and not nearly concerned enough. Its to their own and the industry's detriment. |
Pioneer PL12 Luxman PD272 Dunlop Systemdek II (first series)/Mayware MKIV and Hadcock GH228 Thorens TD160 Super/Grace 707 Pink Triangle/Sumiko MMT and Well Tempered arm Elite The Rock/Eminent Technology ET2 Roksan Xerses/Eminent Technology ET2 Michell Gyrodek/ forget the arm but was a temporary solution Linn Sondek LP12 Valhalla/Ittok Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos |
Here is a thread that I started with a similar topic: Personal turntable/cartridge evolution Enjoy! Rene |
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