I have 5 x turntables:
In the office upstairs:
LP12/Sole sub-chassis/Hercules PSU/Origami modified 250/DV20XL
In the main system:
LP12/Cirkus/Norton AirPower/Naim Aro/Naim pre-fix/XX2MkII
Lenco 88/Hybrid Slate-Aluminium plinth/Audiomods/metal bodied Denon 103
Michel Hydraulic Reference/Modified GH228 with XTC counterweight/Linn Troika
Stanton ST.150/Ortofon Nightclub Pro.
Now heres where I try to justify them:
The LP12/Norton only runs at 33.3rpm, so hence the Lenco that runs from 16-78rpm, with an arm cartridge combination thats good enough to bring out the best in my 12 45 collection. All I want now is something to play my collection of 7 singles that wont highlight too much of the surface inperfections. Ah yes! That would explain why I bought the Direct Drive TT with a spherical stylus!
So what about the Michell? I cant easily justify that TBH, I owned it a long time ago and had the opportunity to buy it back for £100 and I couldnt resist. Its had a complete overhaul, a couple of tweaks and it looks nice. Not only that, but I needed a reason to get one of my beloved Linn Troikas out!
The system upstairs in a recently vacated box room has been a revelation TBH; Ill most likely post it up at some point. I had one too many record players for the rack, and my current active Kans project left me with a spare pair of Mk1s:
LP12/Sole sub-chassis/Hercules PSU/Origami modified 250/DV20XL
Naim NAC22/ZAP120
Nakamichi 600
Squeezebox Duet
Maplin DAC
Radio & CDs played on my Toshiba Laptop through the DAC
Linn Kan Mk1 on Sound Organisation brackets.
The other point is that if I dont mount the various turntable projects on the hi-fi racks, I have nowhere else to put them!
I have a cunning plan too that enables me to run all the turntables through the pre-amp, without having to unplug one to plug in another.