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Your turntable history

1974? BSR MP60/ADC - modified; I removed the auto mech
1980? Dual 506/OEM Ortofon, later A&R P77
1985 Roksan Xerxes(No76)/RB300/ATF5, later Denon DL304
2003 Dps (Mk1)/Schroeder Reference Snakewood/Allaerts MC1BMkII
2006 Dps3 (what else?)/as above

Oh, and a Garrard 301 motor unit languishing in the wardrobe for 12 years
 
Garrard SP25 MkII (1969 > 1974)
Philips GA212 (1974 > 1979)
Rega Planar 3 (1979 > 1983)
Linn Sondek LP12 (1983 > 1992)
Linn Sondek LP12 (1992 > present)
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Aaargh! I can't believe I've been suckered! I saw this thread, thought 'interesting', didn't bother to read most of the other posts, stuck my 2 penneth on at the end, then afterwards saw that there's a whole string of these bloomin' threads!

What a ferkin eejit!
 
1970s
Technics SL-B22
Thorens TD160B, Hadcock 228, Decca Maroon

1980s
Tweaked my TD160
Decca Gold - Garrott Brothers mods
Logic DM101, Audio Technica AT1100
Micro Seiki LC80W cart (lovely), Supex SD900E, Dyna DV23R
TD124/II SME 2000, SME 3009 (sold) then Hadcock 228

1990s
TD125/II Grace 707
Another TD124/II in solid mahogany plinth, RB300

noughties
Platine Verdier, GTA Battery PSU, Schroeder Model 2, Allaerts MC1B

Charlie
 
Started with the inevitable Dansette...
then long hiatus until 1976...
LP12/Grace707/Supex900 which got upgraded to:
LP12/DynavectorDV505/FidelityResearchFR7 (yes it worked well!)
sold in 1982, replaced in 1983 by:
LP12/Ittok/AsakT
then nothing except replacing worn-out AsakT with cheapies culminating in Adikt, until major upgrade 2008...
LP12/new plinth/Keel/Ekos2/Adikt

(Yes, I listened to the opposition before ordering the Keel, no they couldn't play music.)

Had the Keel for six weeks, haven't played a single CD....
 
Dansette type player.
BSR Autochanger in a home made plinth.
Garrard SP25
ADC 1500FG
JVC QLA7/Mission 774
Thorens TD160BC/SME III
Ariston RD80/Mission 774
Dunlop Sytemdek/Syrinx PU2G
Logic DM101/Syrinx PU2G
Rega Planar 3/RB300
Roksan Xerxes/Rega RB300 (for about 10 days)
Linn LP12/Basik+
Linn LP12/Black Ittok LVII
Michell Gyro/SME IV
Michell Orbe/SME IV
Micro Seiki DDX1000/SME IV
Rega P9

The LP12 lasted the longest at around 10 years in one stretch through the flat earth 80s.
 
Had the Keel for six weeks, haven't played a single CD....

Well, you've got to justify the expense haven't you? ;)

The Adikt really should be upgraded to something decent like a Denon DL110 - I'm serious....
 
No TT for a bit as I though CD was the way forward.
Bought a Rega Planar 2 in 1991 and to be honest still thought CD was best. Only stuck with it because at the time i was into a lot of vintage blues records, not available on CD.
1997 - Thorens TD125 (still got it) Hey this vinyl is good...
1997 - LP12/Valhalla/NA Omega Point/Goldring 1042. Wow! Thank you Midland Audio, it was cheap and looked like hell but after i'd restored it (only cosmetics and setup, nothing hideous) it *sang*. Finally I realised what all the fuss was about. The arm goes a long way though, it's a beautiful sounding thing.
1999 - Garrard 401/SME3009 (a few...)
2001 - now LP12 Lingo/Ittok/Goldring 1042 (yes I know I need a better cart!)

Toys en route: Rega P3, Thorens 150-II, 150/Mayware, 165, 125/3009/ATOC5, 126/3009, brief loan of a TD160, Goldring GL68.

Next: build an uberdeck with the 401 which is Chez Bastin at the mo, play lots and lots of records.

The LP12/Lingo was on loan to a pal and only came back today. It replaces the TD150 and *wow*! How much better? It just sings. It's fantastic. I nbow know what Linnies mean by PRaT, this deck could make the dead dance. The Ittok/1042 tracks better too, the 3009/AT skipped on one disc that the other just ploughed through with a "pop".

If the 401 is going to take the LP12 then will I be happy? Oh yes. It's going to have to go some though.
 
My dads old Garrard Zero 100sb
Goldring 75
Thorens TD150 + LVV then LVX (nice deck)
LP12 + LVX then RB250 (modified) then Ittok LVII (modified)
 
Next cart is to be an AT 33TPG. I fancy having a twin arm monster 401, say the 3009 running the 1042 and the NA Omega Point the 33TPG, I own all the components (bart cartridge) so why not? It will be a beast to end all beasts. It *may* be an LP12 killer. Tickets for that shootout available here. Anyone placing bets? :-D
 
Bit slow on picking up on this thread; an interesting read. My history in TTs

Goldring GL75 - swapped arm to a Transcriptor Hydraulic (friend upgraded his deck)
Conossieur BD2 with the Hydraulic arm, swapped for an SME 3009 (all built into a plastic plinth with Microsorber feet)
Technics SL110 (less home-made looking) with the SME and V15
LP12/LVX (and a complete change of the system)
LP12/Ittok
Roksan Xerxes/RB300
RX/Artemiz/Shiraz
RX to XX spec
Additional RX/Artemiz to transcribe vinyl to CD
 
Rega Planar 3, A&RC77
Rega Planar 3, A&RP77
Linn Sondek LP12, Basik Plus, Ortofon MC20Super
Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok LVIII/2, Ortofon MC20Super
Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok LVIII/2, Ortofon MC10Super (20 broke)
Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok LVIII/2, Shoebox Lingo, Ortofon MC10Super
Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok LVIII/2, Shoebox Lingo, Ortofon MC10Super, Target wallshelf
Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok LVIII/2, Shoebox Lingo, Klyde, Target wallshelf
Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok LVIII/2, Shoebox Lingo, Troika, Target wallshelf

Best bang for buck: Target wallshelf (by far), Klyde, Lingo, Ittok in that order

Regards
 
Next cart is to be an AT 33TPG. I fancy having a twin arm monster 401, say the 3009 running the 1042 and the NA Omega Point the 33TPG, I own all the components (bart cartridge) so why not? It will be a beast to end all beasts. It *may* be an LP12 killer. Tickets for that shootout available here. Anyone placing bets? :-D

Have no fear, the 301 and 401 have ALWAYS been LP12 killers, even in simple plinths (by todays standards). Even Julian Vereker had one with a Basik LVX (or similar) ostensibly for 78's...
 
Sansui SR222 (mk.2 I think)
Planar 3 with 'S' (Acos?) shaped arm
LP12/Ittok
Planar 3
p25
P9

The Sondek has had the shortest residence, the green 'un the longest :).
 
Did'nt really feel comfortable with the suspended design or find the Ittok user friendly. The cheapie Linn cart was'nt my cuppa' either. Unemployment really made my mind up. Eventually went back to Rega and normal service was resumed.
 
How did you feel leaviing the LP12 for a P3? I'd be pig sick.

We all sometimes have to make sacrifices and some of them can be painful.

A green P3 is a fun object to look at and sounds more than respectable positioned carefully. Low cost - including spares, no bulls**t and reliability/after sales care to die for (at least in the UK).

I think that was an excellent move (a TD150 is too close to an LP12 for consideration I suspect).


Interesting that in my late seventies KJ W1 days, we wanted to sell Rega 'cos they sounded better than Thorens 160's/166's (we were too "common" for Rega yet we sold loads of Linn and Naim at that time) yet today the Thorens decks are acquiring some kind of religion around them, like LP12's on the cheap.....
 


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