How often do you upgrade turntable ?


The table itself, not arm or cartridge.

And when you do, how far do you go ? Big steps, small steps ?

I got my Nottingham Spacedeck more than ten years ago and have no intention to replace it. I would have to jump high for the upgrade to make sense. One day perhaps.

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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.

1966 various low/mid-fi turntables 

1975 Garrard Zero 100

1977 Empire 598

1999 Pro-ject Pearwood

2000 VPI HW19 MkIII, Audioquest arm

2016 VPI Classic SE, SDS, 3d uni arm

2024 Pure Fidelity Harmony Mk2, Origin Live Illustrious SE arm