How many turntables do you own?

[Chambi95]

These are my 6 turntables :

Thorens TD 166 MK V



Elac Miracord 770 H



Dual 1209
Philips GA 202 Electronic



Garrard 990B :



Garrard AP76

[beat_truck]

Technics SL Q212 with AT95e cart (my best TT)

Onkyo CP1010a with Ortofon OM10 cart (my second TT)

Garrard 40B changer with Pickering P/ATE cart (for 78s and for stacking records)

Zenith mid 60's TOTL console with built in reel to reel deck, Zenith built 2g tonearm belt drive changer, tuner, 15" woofers and horn tweeters ($15 Goodwill find, original price when new was nearly $1400)

Zenith Allegro "wedge" all in one stereo with BSR changer, tuner, 8 track, and Allegro 3000 speakers (Craigslist freebie)

Soundesign all in one with BSR changer, tuner, 8 track (piece of crap I use in the basement)

Zenith portable with fold down BSR changer and fold out speakers

Bohsei battery/AC powered portable record player, cassette deck, and radio that looks like a normal briefcase when closed up (one of the coolest portables I've ever come across)

[Ramsam]

I have unsuccessfully been trying to slim down my collection. Here are the ones I remember off the top of my head:
Dual 1218, 1229 and 701. The 701 needs some TLC, the other two are tip top.
Philips 212, 202, 887 and 977. Love em all. The 212 has the honorary spot in my living room, with a GP 412 cartridge.
Garrard A70 autochanger (veeery cool), Zero 100SB and a Zero 100S.
Thorens TD 145. A classic, but I still haven't found a cartridge to bring out its full talents.
Beogram 1900 and 5005. The latter is a tangential.

Sometimes I wish I collected stamps, instead of old turntables, receivers and loudspeakers.

[Alec124c41]

How long can you listen to a stamp?

Cheers,
Alec

[Bran Kulez]

depends on which stamps you collect...

...

[goatbreath]

How about this stamp ???

[mmarston]

I guess that's what I mean. I've also got two bikes. One is what Americans might call a beater, it's OK, quite fun to ride but if it got stolen it wouldn't be a big deal.

My proper bike is a different matter. I also have a proper watch. In all cases it's the best quality engineering I can possibly afford - life's short and I'm self-indulgent/fussy.


JT

USan also... but I like to think of my kit as "fairly decent." Nothing too dodgy. Hard sometimes explaining to my wife that is the highest of all compliments though... apparently I sometimes lack "enthusiasm."

Best,
Mike

[Bran Kulez]

goatbreath wrote: How about this stamp ???

now that's one stamp you DON'T want to listen to...

[ronpilgrim]

I own 4 turntables. Two are in service, Dual 505-2 and Technics SL 1401. On the shelf is a Kenwood 3070 waiting for cleanup and a new cartridge and a Technics SL223 that will eventually be hooked up to my computer system as a vinyl archiver

[user510]

I think I have a Thorens or maybe two tucked away here and there. Another one or two spinning vinyl and then there's the other Thorens on the shelf waiting for a rebuild. But what's really important is how the record collection is doing...

cheers
-Steve

[birdbrain8]

I currently have:

2- Thorens TD124's
2- Rek-O-Kut L34's
2- Sansui SR-717's
Garrard 401
Sony TTS3000
Onkyo CP-1057F


Variety of tonearms and a few dozen cartridges, mostly low output moving coil.

Thomas
Portland, Or.

[joaoneves]

apparently i+m not alone!

EMT 948
Micro Seiki RX 5000
Micro Seiki RX 1500
Micro Seiki MR322
Micro Seiki MR211
Micro Seiki Solid 1 (Tweaked)

Tannoy/Micro TM 44 DD (Love this rare machine)

Garrard 301 with a Grace G-545 and a Fidelity Research FR24 Mk II, and a 47 Labs
RS-A1.
Tecnhics SL 1200 MKII

All being used!!!!!!!

I have one on the bench! A Luxman P22 from the sixties, a vintage rarety!!
Problems with the motor. triyng to solve the problem.

[Twinhit]

Well, I don't own a lot of tables but I DO own a Tecnhics SL 1200 MKII
which I must say is quite proper for the price I gave for it.

IF I were to add any more tables, it might be a transcription table like
that of the Garrard 301 type. A linear tone arm type and custom made
table.

The custom table would have a 16" x 4" laboratory grade Granite platter
with proper carefully chosen precision ground bearings. It's foundation would be a 10" thick granite machine base.

Tone Arms would come in two varieties: the typical 12" and linear track.
No tubing for an arm, but precision turned, bored and machined, 1" or 2" diameter solid brass billet with precision counterweight and air bearings.
Such a design should guarantee vibration-free operation in which the ONLY
vibration that exists lies strictly with the cartridge stylus.
Indeed, for it's weight of over 2,000 lbs, NOT a table for substandard homes
built above ground. For it's appearance, it might not look artsy fartsy, but
more like an ugly mighty Howitzer on the top of the Rock of Gibraltar.

As for the vinyl records, themselves, I have a strange idea that gluing
a disc to a precision turned brass plate that could be screwed down to the platter may help resolve vinyl vibration distortion issues.
Of course, you would need TWO records of the same title in order to hear both sides, and yes it would be a pricier proposition.

Just to offer a glimpse of my brainstorm idea of a truly proper turntable
worthy of the price demanded of the most expensive table on the market.

[dragonhead00]

I only own three. The 2 in use are my Technics SL-Q200/Ortofon TM7 and Hitachi HT-350/Audio-Technica AT-70L. My third is a rough Pioneer something-or-other that will require a lot to put it back into service.