Survey: What Brand of Turntable Do You Use

Is that a giant red Tuba to the left?

 

SL1200 MK2 equipped with a Shure V15 III/Jico SAS.

 

Post #568?
midrange horn of Avantgarde Duo. I don't remember the name of the color.

 

Guess I haven't posted anything in this poll before, but the count is at five now (I think), though probably could say that only three are actually in use right now ...

Technics SL-10 (in storage)
Micro Seiki DD-10 (in refurbishment)
Micro Seiki DD-40 (in use)
Thorens TD 320 (in use)
Clearaudio Avantgarde (in use)

 

Rega. Hope to have a SOTA Sapphire or higher someday. Will keep the Rega.

 

Pioneer PL-S30

 

LP12, Valhalla, Basik tonearm, AT VM530EN.

 

Vertere SG-1 with SG-1 tonearm. Easily my favourite of every table that I've owned!

 

Technics (SL-1700MK3) w/ Denon DL110. I made the mistake of buying a $700 Rega a couple years ago. Pretty white turntable, except that it's as durable as a souffle. First time I changed the cartridge the ridiculously thin blue wire snapped. I've changed cartridges many dozens of times on 40+ year old turntables and only had that happen on a brand new Rega.

I've been looking at some of the 80's Marantz turntables but I think for the money you can't beat an SL-1700. The last great, durable and reliable automatic turntable under $500. Best of all, you can get one fairly easily in perfect condition for significantly less than a mint condition SL1200 variant. The only reason to get a 1200 over a 1700 is for DJing purposes.

The SL-10 was my first turntable. AT440 and various Grado cartridges give the Denon 110 a run for its money, but the 110 is quite sharp looking, durable, and all around easy to match.

 

Pro-ject 2xperience SB with Ortofon 2M Blue.

 

Pro-Ject RPM 9.1

 

A heavily modified Lenco with a 12" unipivot and an Alphason Sonata with a Grace arm.

 

Linn Sondek

 

Clearaudio Concept Wood. I'm very happy with it.

 

Since someone is keeping count:

VPI Classic
Technics M5G

 

Rega P5 with Michell Tecnoweight, TT-PSU, with a Benz Micro Gold cart.
Rega P3 with Grado Platinum cartridge modded with a Michell VTA Arm Adjuster.

 

Heh. I've got giant pearl white tubas in my listening room!

 

VPI HW19 with Gardo Red

 

Main system: Linn Sondek
Second system: Clearaudio Concept Wood

 

Audio Technica LP-120

Audio Technica LP-5

 

I suppose I'll be using this Audio-Technica turntable now, since I just found it today at a thrift store in excellent condition for a great price (I even talked them down by $5!)

I believe these are supposed to be rather nice turntables?

 

That turntable will play records. I would not play any records that I own on it.

 

Yamaha YP-D8
Sony PS-X7
Denon DP-47F
Luxman PX-100

All vintage. All NM- condish. All amazing sounding. All under $700 each.
Last 2 well under.

 

Project debut carbon DC -
Cork Mat -
Ortofon 2M Blue -
Rega fono MM -
Little Bear tube pre (Russian tubes) -
Tpa3116 DIY Chip amp built by me into a cigar box -
Psb Alpha T1 speakers -

 

Last time I looked we needed to get Michell into double figures - so adding a Gyro SE/Michell TechnArm......

Also a semi-retired Rega Planar 3 from the early 80s - not the new one.