Who gets to use your Turntable?


For those of you with a relatively large investment in you Turntable/Arm/Cartridge combo - Do you ever let others drop the needle???

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My kids are all adults, and 3 or 4 of them come over occasionally for a music night.  I actually encourage them to use the TT and whole system so they’ll be comfortable with it.  If I know they’re coming over when I’m not there, I change the cart, but still let them use the system.  They all understand what’s at risk, and seem to appreciate it.. 

Just me.  Rest of family and visitors have never expressed any interest in touching it.

Just me, mostly. My wife knows how to change and cue records to play, but doesn’t usually. No one else touches it.

In my main system,  no one....  in my second system anyone can play a record.  

In my second rig I have a old Garrard automatic and some vg condition LPs and a few hundred 45s.