Does anyone run 2 or more turntables...

I've got 4. Three are always set up for listening, two in my "upstairs" system, and one in my "downstairs" systemm. Yes, two complete high quality systems always at the ready. If you count my Victor TT101, which may never be reliable enough to listen with, I actually have 5 turntables in fact.

Just to keep your thread alive, I now have 5 turntables up and running, although only 4 of them get even occasional use.  My Victor TT101, mentioned above, was finally fixed by a genius in NYC, JP Jones.  If you have a "broken" direct-drive turntable, JP can fix it. So, in my basement system, I use a highly modified Lenco with Dynavector DV505 and the TT101 with FR64S tonearm.  Upstairs, I use a Technics SP10 Mk3 (Reed tonearm) and Kenwood L07D with its built-on L07J tonearm.  My Denon DP80 is up there too, just sitting. I had promised myself I would sell the Denon if the TT101 ever got fixed, but I don't feel that urge any longer.  The market value of the DP80 is too low to make me feel compelled to part with it.

Dave, It's telling for me to learn that you prefer the PD444 (direct-drive) vs your other 3 turntables, which if memory serves are either belt-drive or rim-drive types (do you have a Terminator Salvation?).  I have come to the same conclusion, as is obvious.  Does the PD444 use a coreless motor?  I have developed a preference for the sound of those that do.

Tim (Pryso), I would not dare to buy yet another turntable, but if the new Technics does indeed have a coreless motor, as I also read, then it may prove noticeably superior to the original SL1200, which made me wonder why they built it to look exactly like the SL1200. Its appearance has thus been seized upon by some as reason to question the seemingly high price, which really is not so high, IMO. Albeit, I would not trade my L07D for the new Technics, despite the fact that the former typically costs less when you can find one.

Dave, Sounds like the PD444 motor is indeed "coreless".  It may be my imagination, but I "hear" coreless motors as giving a little more life to the music, as compared to iron-cored motors in direct-drive turntables.  One exception is the SP10 MK3 with Krebs mods.  The Krebs mod goes a long way, probably all the way, to achieving the coreless sound. Plus the Mk3 is peerless when it comes to a sense of drive and rhythm.  I am sure that an unknown factor in the direct-drive equation is the servo mechanism and how it works to maintain constant speed.  That too could surely affect musicality.  I forgot that you also have an L07D, but it cannot mount 3 tonearms like the PD444.