Your turntable history


When did you get your first turntable and what’s been your turntable history since then ? 

zavato

Way to many to make a comprehensive list, but I will try. 

Realistic LAB 290

Onkyo CP 1057F

Thorens TD 125 MK II

Systemdeck IIXE

Conrad Johnson Sonegraphe with Sumiko MMT

Microseki DDX-1000 with MA707

Well Tempered Record Player

Townshend Audio Rock III with hot rodded Rega RB300

Teres 225 with Eminent Technology II

Galibier Serac with Woody 12" arm

Technics SP 15

Technics SP 25

Technics SP10 MK II with Woody

Denon DP75 with Acos GST 801

Well Tempered Reference

Amazon Grand Reference 

Garrard 401 with Project Evo tonearm

Thorens TD124 with Eminent Tecgnology II

Scheu Analog Das Laufwerk No 2 with Audiomods Series 6

Denon DP80 with Dynavector DV505

Denon DP75 in DK110 plinth arm to be determined

 

@neonknight Your list is a lot more extensive than mine, but here goes:

Micro Seiki SomethingOrOther (it was so long ago now I can’t remember the model #, but it was something cheap since I was a poor teenager at the time)

Rega Planar 3 turntable/RB300 tonearm/Rega Elys cartridge

Linn Sondek LP12 turntable/Valhalla/Ittok LVII tonearm/Linn Asak cartridge

VPI Aries/JMW Memorial 10" tonearm/SDS Power Supply/Benz-Micro LO.4, Transfiguration Spirit phono cartridges

Basis 2500 Signature/Vector 3 tonearm/Zyx Airy 3 cartridge

--- Long gap during which I had no audio system ---

Michell TecnoDec/Michell T8 tonearm/Goldring HX cartridge

1976- BSR  model? Belt drive table w/ADC cartridge 

1977- Kenwood KD1033 with Shure v15 type 3

1983? Onkyo model? With Shure v15 type 3

1985 Thorens TD166 MK 4 with Shure v15 type 5 

1990 Rega planar 3/RB 300 and Linn K9

1996 Linn LP12 Rega RB600 Rega Exact (still own but now Ekos 2, Kandid, Radikal 2)

2025 Thorens TD124 SME 3009 SII unimproved Denon DL103R (bought from the daughter of a former neighbor- he dad was the original owner; he passed away and I bought the table) 

Over the years I bought a few other tables I owned very briefly so I’m not really counting them- Philips GA212; Luxman model ?; AR XA. 
I’ve also owned a number of other cartridges briefly. Actually owned a Linn Troika which despite the love it gets from some, I was not a fan. 
 

 

 

 

Project RPM 5 with BluePoint#2 combo new

VPI Avenger rim with 2 VPI tonearms used