Personal turntable/cartridge evolution

1978-1982 Pioneer PL-512 (Belt drive) with an Empire Cartridge

1982-1988 Sony PSX-555(Direct Drive) with AKG 25 Cartrigde

1988-1996 Dual CS5000 (Highly Modified) with and Adcom or Dennon DL 160 Cartridge

1996-Present Well Tempered Record Player with Benz Glider

Cool idea!

1967 Magnavox suitcase record player/ceramic cart (yum!)
1972 Dual 1218/Shure something or other
1975 Dual 1229/same model Shure (1218 stolen from dorm)
1977 Rabco ST-4/linear mistracking arm/ADC XLM
1978 HK Rabco ST-8/ADC XLM MkII (still works fine!)
1984 upgraded stylus to MkIII
1986 captured by tiny aliens flying little silver discs,
returned safely to Earth after 17 yrs of aural torture
2003 Teres 265/OL Silver/HIFI Mod/Shelter 901
2004 upgraded arm to Tri-Planar VII

started listening/collecting vinyl seriously in the late 70's, but i'll be damned if i can remember what the heck i played them on(although i remember not having any interest in audiophile..probably a cheapo rack system). and in the mid 80's for various dumb reasons, sold a very nice collection. anyhow, came back to vinyl in 2002:

2002 pro-ject 1.2/shure m97 c
2003 music hall mmf-7/goldring eroica/benz glider l2
2003-present vpi scout/jmw-9/benz glider l2 originally, recently upgraded to benz ref2 silver