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What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby Fishtails » 17 Apr 2012 12:08

Ok we should put this topic here to make up for,the opposite topic I started a few minutes ago. Coz we don't want it all to be complaining do we?

So list your fav turntable you ever owned. You may still have it or you gave it away and regretted it. Or even threw it away in a moment of insanity brought on by the invention of those little shiny silver discs!

Anyway my favorite is no longer with me. It was a pioneer pl-4 or pl-125. I'm not quite sure of the model, but it was sort of a champagne colour. I miss you buddy, wherever you are :(
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby dlaloum » 17 Apr 2012 12:13

My first TT was a similar champagne coloured straight armed Pioneer - which I recall with some fondness!

I replaced it eventually with a Revox B795 that I still have and still love.

I also recently (2 years?) added a JVC QL-Y5F with its all singing all dancing servo arm... a real (or is that reel) geek fest...
But the Revox remains my fave.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby Fishtails » 17 Apr 2012 12:13

Just clarifying it was a pl-4.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby LousyTourist » 17 Apr 2012 12:22

the one I own now, a Thorens TD124. Close second is the one on the shelf that it replaced, a TD125.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby KentT » 17 Apr 2012 12:28

Best turntable I have owned, my present Technics SP-25/Audio-Technica ATP 16-T system. My late, lamented Thorens TD-160 would be up there.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby Audie » 17 Apr 2012 13:49

It may not be the "best" turntable I have owned, but the best turntable I have owned that I very much regret parting with is the Sony PSX800. It was a beautiful example of engineering, good sounding and fully automatic, that even my wife could safely use. It's only downside was that cartridges with sensitive suspensions, such as the Dynavector DV23RS were not suited to it.

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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby Dinohyus Hollandi » 17 Apr 2012 13:57

Rega Planar 3, without a doubt. Still own it and use it, and I will probably keep it even after my new used Transrotor arrives from Germany...
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby satanfriendly » 17 Apr 2012 15:50

A Luxman PD300 and the one deck I wished I had never let go, but on the chase for another this year.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby mmendon1 » 17 Apr 2012 17:17

Tossup...Thorens TD-318 or Technics SL-1210. Currently have both.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby jsawyer09 » 17 Apr 2012 17:56

The one I own now: A Well Tempered Amadeus
It also happens to be the last TT I'll ever own (at least as a 'main' 'table; or, until W. Firebaugh creates a WTA-beater). It is quite simply a vinyl marvel in the best sense.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby beat_truck » 17 Apr 2012 18:01

The best I've owned is my current Technics SL Q212. Though, I haven't had many others to compare it to. It's pretty hard to find good used audio gear around here.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby AudioSoul » 17 Apr 2012 18:48

LousyTourist wrote:the one I own now, a Thorens TD124. Close second is the one on the shelf that it replaced, a TD125.


Quote me as saying that to!
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby duficity » 17 Apr 2012 19:06

Sota Cosmos IV. Oracle Delphi V and Transrotor Fat Bob are close seconds.
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Re: What's the best turntable you owned?

Postby Tedrick » 17 Apr 2012 19:24

VPI Classic is my fav so far, but a recently acquired VPI Aries I is challenging the Classic's throne.
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