Survey: What Brand of Turntable Do You Use

Thorens TD-810, designed by Acoustic Signature.

Thorens - TD 810 Turntable with TP250VT arm

 

Long overdue, here is the latest and greatest summary. We now have 1032 TT's owned by the members who have posted in this thread spread over 114 brands of which 10 more brands were added since the last update. At least 3 of those 10 are new brands of which I want to give EAT a shout out because IMHO they make very nice TT's. The dominance of Technics as the most popular TT brand has only grown greater, 14% of the TT's in this tread are Technics! The 21 brands that are now in double digits account for 80% of the TT's in this thread. I think it is interesting that of the 21 top brands only VPI can claim to be an American made TT , where as, when it comes to speakers and amps I think there are more American manufactures than with TT's. Finally, I put Pioneer into the 50 or more group because for numbers over about 20 or 30 I think the accuracy of my count is +/- 1.

In a class by itself

Technics 148

The other big guns (50 or more)

Rega 96
VPI 79
Thorens 68
Pro-Ject 59
Pioneer 49

The rest of the double digit brands

Dual 45
Linn Sondek 40
Denon 36
Music Hall 29
Audio Technica 25
Garrard 21
Acoustic Research 16
Clearaudio 16
Michell 16
JVC 14
Nottingham Spacedeck 14
Bang & Olufsen 13
Kenwood 13
Sony 13
Yamaha 11

The complete list

Acoustic Research 16
Acoustic Signature 2
Acoustic Solid 1
ADC 1
Akai 1
ARB 2
Ariston 3
Audio Note 3
Audio Technica 25
Avid 7
Bang & Olufsen 13
Basis 4
Braun 1
Brinkman 2
Cambridge 1
Clearaudio 16
Consonance 2
Crosely 3
Dansette 1
Denon 36
DIY 1
Dual 45
EAT 2
ELAC 7
ELP 2
Empire 7
EMT 1
Fairchild 1
Feickert 1
Fons International 1
Funk Firm 1
Garrard 21
Gates 1
Gemini 1
GLI 1
Gold Note 1
Goldmund 2
Goldring 1
H.H. Scott 1
Harman Kardon 3
Heybrook 1
Hitachi 4
Immedia 1
ION 2
Jean Nantais Reference 1
JVC 15
Kenner 1
Kenwood 13
Kuzna Stabi 3
Lenco 9
Linn Sondek 40
Luxman 4
Magnavox 1
Marantz 8
McIntosh 3
MCS 2
Merrill 4
Michell 16
Micro Seiki 6
Mitsubishi 2
MoFi 1
Music Hall 29
NAD 1
Nottingham Spacedeck 14
Numark 3
Oracale 5
Origin Live 1
Orpheus Silex 1
Philips 4
Phonospie 1
Pioneer 49
Presto 2
Pro-Ject 59
PYLE 1
QRK 2
Quadraflex 1
Realistic 4
Redpoint 1
Rega 96
Rek-O-Kut 3
Renkforce 1
Revolver 2
Revox 1
Roksan 3
Rotel 1
Sansui 7
Sanyo 1
Setton 1
Shinola Runwell 1
SME 3
Sonographe 1
Sony 13
SOTA 4
Soulines 1
Soundesign 1
Source-Odyssey 1
Stanton 1
Strathclyde 1
Sugden Connoisseur 1
Systemdek 7
Technics 148
Thorens 68
Toshiba 1
Townshend 1
Triangle Art 1
TW Acustics 1
U-Turn 7
Verdier La Platine 1
Vestax 1
VPI 79
Well Tempered 4
Yamaha 11
Yorx 1
1032

 

Some people think it is the woman's touch that makes it look so good!

 

That is a great looking and I am sure great sounding TT setup.

 

The Rega has been replaced with a Pro-Ject Classic SB with Hana SL

 

Audio Technica AT-LP7

AT-LP7 Fully Manual Belt-Drive Turntable

 

I have been meaning to do this for sometime. Below is my VPI Classic Direct with the new Fatboy tonearm.

 

My Son Just Bought Me A New Turntable !!!

 

Tom, You are one of the few SME TT owners that have posted here There are only three SME TT's posted here, which surprises me because I have always thought of SME as a desired brand for TT's. How do you like your SME TT?

 

In the market, so curious...why did you switch? I've considered both of those.

 

I'll add my Funk Firm LSD with a Dynavector 10x5 to the list!

 

I lusted after SME’s for 15 years, so you would think I’d use it all the time. Because it’s in my upstairs second system, I’ve only have about 30 hours on it after two years. The best I can tell you is that it’s in the ballpark of my Acutus Reference. The SME is better detailed and overall faster but that may be more a result of cartridge (Lyra Atlas vs Koestu Onyx) rather than the table.
What I like about the SME and for that matter the Avid is that they are tweak free. Once you set them up nothing changes or drifts out of alignment.

 

I never was thrilled with the Rega, the P3 out of the box IMO was not a great table, you really need to add all the Goovetracer upgrades. I’m not going to tell you that the Project is radically different. I just think the isolation is better.

 

Yes I like this combo.
I have the 12 inch tonearm.
A good feature with Mörch is the possibility of interchangeable tonearm tubes so that you can match the compliance of the pick up of your choice.
I find that this combo tracks very well. And as you say, delivers very stable deep bass. Overall
clean sounding and very little coloration.
I want it to be as transparent as possible.
Lyra Delos is IMO really good when given the right working condition.

Would love though testing the Titan on my table. Most probably a success.
What turntable do you use?

 

At thise time i have 4 turntables in use;
Michell Gyro se with Sme 309
Michell reference hydraulic transcription with Sme 3009
Thorens TD 124 mk1 with Sme 3009
Lenco L75 rebuilt to PTP5 with Grace G704
Greetings,Ron.

 

Add one for Luxman

 

Thorens TD-124 and an AR "The Turntable" with a Rega arm.

 

Simon Yorke S7 w/ Sumiko Palo Santos cartridge.

 

Upgraded my LP12 Valhalla:

Linn LP12/Ittok LVII/Linn Krystal
Cirkus bearing/ Keel
Lingo 4 power supply

New rosenut plinth

Drop. Dead. Gorgeous.

My only loss is my fluted plinth, but I feel being a Linn picture frame is in it's future.
My old inner bearing is now an ashtray!

Big shout out to the wonderful Ray, and all at Graham's Hi Fi in North London! My thanks

 

My TT's:

Main: Pro-ject RPM 1 carbon, Ortofon red
School: Philips quartz pll f7511, GP 401 or 412
Garden/campsite: Philips 22AF180

 

I am using a Nottingham Analogue Interspace Jr and am imminently about to enjoy a Linn Sondek LP12 - with a few tweaks!

 

Rega Planar 2 with upgraded sub platter and Exact cart.

 

Hi all,

Tables in use:
Technics SL1700MK2 (stock) with an Audio Technica AT 540ml cart
Sansui SR838 with an Ortofon 2m Blue cart

Tables not in use at the moment:
Technics SL1650 with a Grado Blue cart
Pioneer PL 510a with a Stanton cart

 

Started with my father's Dual table, then to an Audio Technica. Then came progressive upgrades in the VPI turntable line.

 

Onkyo Integra CP-1055F MkII direct drive with Grado Gold1 cart.