What are the turntables you've owned?

BSR – plasticrap
Sony PS-1100
Ariston RD-40 with Sumiko MMT arm and, briefly, a Magnepan Unipivot arm.
AR-XA
Linn Sondek – I bought this as a part of an entire collection. I sold it immediately as my intent was to keep the tasty Marantz 8b and do so before my wife noticed the big hole in the checking account. I wish I’d kept it.
Thorens TD-124 – My daughter wrested this out of my hands many years ago.
Rega Planar 25 – My son wrested this out of my hands a couple of years ago so I feel like it’s still in the family.
Linn Axis
Michell Gyro SE

Yes, I know I have a problem.

 

Trust me, you don't have a problem, other than maybe letting your kids have really nice decks.

 

Dual 1229
SOTA Sapphire

 

Born 1963.... (I Like Direct Drive!)

Technics SL-Q2
Technics SL-J2
Technics SL-Q5
Pioneer PL-115D
Pioneer PL-300

 

BSR automatic changer
Akai apd 210
Thorens td 166mkv
Luxman pd 272
Thorens td 320
Marantz tt15-s1
I currently use Thorens td 320 and Marantz tt15-s1
Seldom I give a spin to the 166mkv because I find this Thorens is more neutral than the td 320, probably due to the absence of an electronic device in it.
And I sometimes use the Luxman too, when I want to listen to the at 120 which is mounted on it

 

Audio Technica AT-LP60 (gave it to my brother)
Pioneer PL-7 (current)

 

Dual 1214 My first turntable. Mfg in Germany. Rim drive. Really solid, but not exciting.
Dual 1218 Great workhorse.
Dual 522 Still have it. Nice table but pretty lightweight.
Dual 721 Wish I still own it. Super solid.

Technics SL-1900 (2) Still have them
Pioneer PL-A45d Heavy & solid
BIC 980 Junk
BIC 960 Junk

Garrard Zero-100c Really chintzy. Poor build quality.

 

First TT I bought with my paper route money around 1965. It was a Sears fold down with 2 speakers.
Followed by:
Noresco amp with a Dual 12?? on top
Dual 1219
Dual 1229
Dual 701
Rega 3
Linn LP12 which I still use bought new in 1995. Serviced and upgraded a couple of times.

 

I remember my first tables were (I think) a BIC 980 and ADC 1700, though those model numbers may be wrong. I had a group of friends and we exchanged a lot of stuff, so quite a few tables made the rounds, and memories are hazy, but those were the first ones I bought with my own money. I was also a young engineer in the works, so eventually scavenged parts from the ADC for a couple of my own designs that were pretty cool.

I then got one of those fancy aluminum clamshell linear tracking Technics SL-10 tables for a compact system because I was moving around a lot after school. It was fun for a while, and still would be on occasion, but didn't give me quite the high end sound I was after.

Then got a Thorens TD 320 and used that for a few years, but was never too happy with it in stock form. Drove it mainly with a series of Shure V15 cartridges. I wanted to move up to better moving coil cartridges, but the tonearm just wasn't good enough, so I rebuilt it, and continued to modify the rest of the table by removing the suspension and upgrading the motor drive board and power supply, and got a Benz Glider MC cartridge, man did it sound good. Still have it and it's a really solid table, with the two phase motor drive and power supply moved to a separate enclosure, with a much heavier platter, high mass and well damped tonearm, and the two separate plinth sections separately spiked to a thick base, makes for a very quiet table.

And I've accumulated a couple Micro Seiki direct drives from the 70s, really like many of their designs, currently have a DD-10 and a DD-40.

And my main table is currently a Clearaudio Avantgarde, with Benz Micro Wood SL, though the cabinet top is shared with the Micro Seiki DD-40, so it gets a lot of time on it too, kind of a new mixed with old look, on the left the the clear acrylic and aluminum sandwich plinth on the Clearaudio with it's straight rigid carbon fibre tonearm and magnetic platter bering, and on the right the vintage rosewood-wrapped plywood and MDF plinth on the Micro Seiki with a very nicely designed aluminum S-shaped tonearm. Love em both...

 

Rega P1 (really didn't like it)
VPI Classic (absolutely love)

 

A Classic is a bit of a jump from a P1! Great choice and one of those turntables you never hear a bad word about.

 

Philips GA-212
ERA MK6 with JH Formula 4 arm
AR XA
AR XA w/Pioneer Series 20 arm
AR XA w/Merrill subchassis and Rega RB300 arm
Rega Planar 2 w/RB300 arm - eventually upgraded with "sticky pad" Rega motor, 12mm Planar 3 platter, Groovetracer subplatter, and Lin braces
Rega RP8

 

Let’s see, belt drive 80s Pioneer, Thorens TD318, Technics Sl 1200mk III, Rega Planar2, Sony PS-X6, VPI Prime.

 

I wanted to avoid the upgrade--itis by spending a lot more, once. It worked - haven't felt the need to swap the table some and it's going on 10yrs old now.

 

BSR
Dual 1229
BIC
Philips
Harmon Kardon T40
Music Hall

 

Nice set up,
What speakers do those Conrad Johnson Drive?

 

More info and pictures in my profile, but Monitor Audio Gold 100 (with some crossover upgrades), and MA Gold subwoofer off to the side...

 

Project Xpression
VPI Scout
VPI Classic 1
VPI Signature (spinning now for 4 years and many more to go I'm sure).

 

Also I had a Thorens TD125 with SME 3009 and a
Pioneer PL530 and I think that’s about it.

 

Garrard SL95 w/Shure M75
Dual 1219 w/Shure M75
Hitachi HT-45 w/Shure M93
Audio-Technica AT-LP120 w/AT95E and Shure M91ED

 

GE Record Changer 1965
Panasonic Turntable 1970
AR XA 1972
Technics SL 1200 1973
Rega Planar 25 1999

 

Technics SL-1600 (owned since new in 1977)
Technics SL-1200mk2
Pioneer PL-530
Pioneer PL-560

 

2 - Thorens

At least 2 Linn LP12's

A Garrard 301

An Oracle

S.M.E. 20/12 and 30/12

A Michell Ref

And A couple others I can't remember

 

Other than stuff I bummed off my parents:

Thorens TD165C
Denon DP30L
Denon DP45
Rotel RP900 (Rega P2 Clone)
Rega P3-2000( bought in 2001, kept until 3 months ago kept on tweaking this)
Technics 1200GR( just this year, hope this is my last table)

 

Well... I've owned more than I can remember. There are four that have served as my primary turntable over the past 40 years.

Technics sl-1900 (1978) my 1st real TT
Technics SL-7 (1983) Linear Tracker - still have and it plays fine
Rega P1 (2012)
Rega RP6 (2016) my current TT

I mounted a moving coil in all but the SL-7.