Your turntable history

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

I forgot to mention

Marc Morin modified AR XA

Sota Star Sapphire III

Sota Sapphire Gen 1 

Teac TN 300 Magnefloat

VPI 19 III

VPI Prime

BSR MA70 as part a a 3 piece Fisher "compact" system.

Benjamin Miracord 50h

Dual 1019

VPI HW-19 Mark III

VPI TNT HR-X

First was a cheap plastic thing I got when at University in the early seventies to go with my integral cassette player and speakers.

The second was a Garrard SP25 that I bought from a friend.

Then came a Thorens TD166 that I customised with a Haddock arm and later passed on to my brother.

In 1982 I got a Linn LP with Basik arm that got upgraded eventually to Klimax level. It gave me many years of excellent service until I traded it in 2019 to focus on digital.

There followed five years without a turntable, until regret set in when I saw how much my sons and friends were enjoying vinyl. In 2024, I gave in and bought a second hand Klimax level second hand LP12 that someone traded in with my dealer for the same reasons I had. This was clearly so much better than my previous one, as things had moved on with the Urika II, Karousel and Radikal 2. That LP12  was put in a shiny new black plinth to satisfy my wife’s sense of aesthetics. I am happy with this LP12 and have so far resisted any temptation to get Bedrok, the new Klimax Radikal or Keel SE. That is not difficult because of the expense and the fact the my turntable already sounds fantastic without them.