Personal turntable/cartridge evolution

1980 Technics with AudioTechnica
1982 Thorens with Shure V15
1984 Mission with Grado
1986 VPI HW-19 Mk. II with Grado arm and different Grados
2003 VPI HW-19 Mk. II with Grado arm and Transfig. Esprit
2007 VPI TNT HR-X with Transfig. Esprit

Started with Thorens 150. Hadcock arm Shure cartridge in 1977, could afford the Linn.
Linn Lp12 with ittok, then Origin live silver taper arm.
Now, finally and I mean that, I think, Origon live Resolution modern/OL Illustrious. Koetsu Rosewood Signature.
Why would you want to change? I am sure someone will tell me why though

amazing! Almost everybody who responded used a Thorens

Too many cartridges to list, but here are TT/Arms and I wish I stiil had some of these arms espeacially the Breuer. Looking back on this list if I just had half the money I spent I could be spinning on a Brinkmann. Still i had all those wonderful analog years

Garrard something
Dual something
SP-10/SME
SP-10/SAEC
SP-10/Grace 707
Linn LP12/Grace 707
Linn LP12/Linn Asik
Sota Saphire/Linn Asik
Sota Saphire/Breuer
Goldmann Studio/3F arm and control (great TT and arm combination)
Basis 2500/Graham 2.0
Basis 2500/Graham 2.2
Basis 2500 Signature Calibration Base/Graham 2.2
Basis 2500 Signature Calibration Base/Graham Phantom/Koetsu Onyix Plat.
next up is a Brinkmann

Down in the bowery:

1972: Garrard SL95B with Shure M93 4x7 elliptical cart. This was perched on top of an Altec-Lansing "premium" compact system receiver.

1973 or so: Upgraded to Shure 2x7 elliptical M91ED

1976: Hitachi all manual direct drive turntable with Grado G3+ (it was their top-of-the-line at $150 before introducing the Joe Grado Signature Series at $300)

1979: Inlaws break the long, fragile Grado cantilever; replaced Grado with ADC XLM mk II. It never sounded the same again (should have replaced Grado stylus).

1982: Cat breaks turntable; I don't replace it, waiting for advent of CDs

1987-2007: Suffer through 20 years of harsh, hashy, bleached-out, threadbare-sounding CDs, especially the reissues of recordings from the analog LP era.

2007 (Feb): Yamaha YP-28 belt-drive semi-auto from garage sale for $2. I catch the vinyl bug. Replaced OEM cartridge with Ortofon OMP-10.

2007 (March): Technics SL1210 M5G, Shure M97xE. Also got P-mount adaptor and 2nd headshell to switch between the Shure and Ortofon carts as my fancy suits me (what a high roller!)