I think my first turntable was a Kenwood that I got from my Dad when he upgraded. I must have been around 15. I played the heck out of it. A decade later I bought my first new turntable, a Kyocera.
A few decades later I picked up a used Michell Gyrodec SE that I still use. I think it will be my last. I upgraded the tone arm to a SME M2-9R and I have a few cartridges and headshells that I rotate through on a regular basis.
When I’m listening to that turntable, I feel like the luckiest human on the planet.