Your turntable history

Does a lazy suzan on a weekly dim sum special in a local Chinese restaurant count as a turntable? Wanted to know if I should include it in my list…

My 1st turntable was in a Magnavox console in 1965 or so. 

Then 1972 I acquired a Rek-O-Kut Rodine Jr. with a wooden Grado tonearm, not sure of the cartridge. 

1979 I purchased a Technics SL-DD33 thought I was doing pretty good. Still have it.

2021 I bought a Thorens TD-145 installed a Grado Gold 3 and thought I was in heaven.

2024 purchased a Thorens TD-125 with a TP-16 arm, moved the Grado Gold 3 to it. 

2025 I bought a Thorens TD-125 MKII, added a Sorane TA-1 tonearm and a Hana ML cartridge. 

I think I’m done for a while, just a added a Sutherland TZ-Vibe phono stage and I’m pretty damn happy.

Some sort of 60s fold out speakers with the turntable like the one Larry Campbell learned on in It Was the Music, RCA? Then a Dual 10 series and a 12 series. Then a pretty long run with a Technics, can't remember model. An MMF 5.1, which my son in law now has. Denon 47F still used, Denon 55K with Unitrac arm still in daily use. Denon DP60, sometimes rotate in, Gem Dandy Superpolytable, in use. VPI Super Prime, sold. A DIY with VPI platter and Hurst motor on DIY solid metal 3 foot plinth, like Merrill's and SME II, JVC QL Y7, Kenwood 990D, Soulines Dostoevsky with Audiomods 6, daily use. Dual 1218 w AS12 for 45s 

A Dual in the 80s.  I forget the model number.  

Dr Feickert Volare as of about 6 months ago.  Ive played one album on it. I mostly stream and have boxes and boxes of sealed,  unplayed albums.  

1974 - BIC 960 w/ Stanton 681 EEE cartridge. 
note: piece of junk! I think it was engineered pretty well but quality of materials & construction were cheap. Should have bought a Dual or Thorens. 
 

Thorens 160 w Shure V15 Type 3

NAD turntable w / what I think was arm made by Rega. As it turns out, the factory arm was mounted in the wrong place & there was no way to get the set up geometry close to correct so back it went to the store which they corroborated ! 

Thorens 160 Super w/ a Signet arm & their best cartridge. Arm barely fit on the table! Sounded quite good!

Sota  Sapphire Turntable which just came out w/ an also new Souther Linear Arm that I got a lecture from on its design & construction by Lou Souther in his home!  The arm could sound excellent when the moon was full & the barometric pressure was exactly 30.624 inches of mercury…Seriously, it was a challenge to set up & chaging one small parameter changes everything! Royal PITA! I think I had an Adcom Cross coil cartridge that needed to be warm to sound its best. 
 

Basis original excellent turntable w/ SME V arm & a Madrigal cartridge. Probably better than the vast majority of any turntable made under $20K today! 

Sold the whole excellent system ( CJ Electronics & Duntech speakers)moved cross country & started again. 

Rega 3 turntable w/ Rega arm & their best cartridge at the time. Sounded pretty good. 

Michell Gyrodec w/ a Rega arm & cartridge.

Basis 2500 w/ Vector 4 arm still in perfect use today 20+ years later! Replaced belt once. Started w/ a ZYX mc cartridge & more recently got a Hana cartridge. This will be my last turntable!! Sounds excellent & easily on the same level as my very good digital source ( Innuos & Bricasti M 1 series II DAC. ). Each is better at certain things but both very enjoyable!