How often do you upgrade turntable ?

ELAC Miracord 630 (ca 1970)

Rega Planar 2

Rega Planar 3

Garrard 401 (currently in storage with broken tonearm and cart)

Technics 1210D Hana ML

Future? Another Technics w/mono cart

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.

I have had quite a few turntables. After getting my updated Garrard 301 and comparing them, the others were all sold. I have not had a desire to upgrade for a long time. Based on my listening an upgrade to something I like better will cost more than I can afford. 

I have had my VPI Scoutmaster since 2005 or 2006, I do grease the  bearing every few years.  It replaced the earlier entry level VPI that I bought in the late 90s - my daughter now uses that,

I had a Thorens before the VPI, before I entered the high end phase.

In the late 60s early 70s it was a Garrard 301.  That (and my Quad 33/303 ESL) setup was lost when I moved to the USA in '72.

I owned a few fine turntables in succession (including Denon DP-80, Oracle Delphi III) until around 1995 when I bought a VPI TNT III. I’ve been using it happily ever since. I did upgrade it with an SDS controller, later had Steve Leung at VAS modify the SDS, and I’ve also upgraded the feet.