Your most loved three vinyl grinders owned throughout the years!

[Rare Bird]

http://home.c2i.net/jantoresvart/tur.../hydraulic.jpg

http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAULT1/401/401.html

http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAU...101/DM101.html

[MartinT]

Michell Syncro / Helius Aureus

Roksan Xerxes / SME IV

Strathclyde STD305M / Michell TecnoArm(A)

Technics SL-1210 / Jelco SA-250ST (see footer), ok I know that's four but it's the current one

[chris@panteg]

Logic Tempo / Datum arm

Voyd .5 reference psu / SME 310

Technics SL1210 ' unfinished

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I have only had 4

techie 1300 - was a bit broke so I gave it away
roksan xerxes - was a bit of a soft touch for my tastes - very nice though!
Thorens td160 - in my second system
techie 1210 - ... ... ...

[Joe]

AR turntable 1981-86
Roksan Xerxes 1986-2004
Roksan Xerxes X 2004-now

[The Grand Wazoo]

Given that this is purely about nostalgia..............

Original AR turntable
One that I loved for all the fun it gave me messing about to make it sound better......and by God you couldn't half make it sound better! I did 4 or 5 of these up of various different vintages and also owned a more modern 'The Turntable' and a 'Legend'.




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Thorens TD 160
For the same reasons as above I suppose.





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One that I never owned, but wished I could have:
Oxford Acoustics Crystal Reference

..........like this but in oiled walnut

[Vinyl is a gift from God]

Prior to my Spacedeck:

Ariston RD80SL/SME IIIS

Townshend Avalon/Moth

Logic DM101/Linn LVX Basik Plus

[Barry]

I started with a Garrard SP25 III(?), which I kept for about a year before passing it on to my father and replacing it with:

[1] A Collaro 2020 rim drive TT with a massive platter. (~1970) The Collaro arm (a dog!) was instantly removed and replaced with an SME.

This in turn was replaced with

[2] Thorens TD124/II with SME. (1972) One of three I have, fitted with various arms. A combination of rim drive and belt drive. Best or worse of both worlds? Four speed 'gearbox' and clutch! Only deck I know of with a 16 2/3 rpm speed.

[3] EMT 930st with 929 arm and EMT cartridge. Another rim drive TT powered by a three phase motor that has phenomenal drive and pace. So stable that the (albeit rudementary) fine speed adjustment is underneath the deck: once adjusted it need not be touched.

Regards

[Haselsh1]

Logic DM101 with Syrinx PU2 Gold tonearm and Kiseki Blue cartridge. Alphason Sonata with Alphason HR100S MCS tonearm and Kiseki Blue cartridge. Nottingham Analogue Spacedeck with Spacearm and Ortofon Kontrapunkt a cartridge.

[REW]

My first real deck (after the inevitable early '70s Garrards those of a certain age will know well) was the Connoisseur BD1 kit, Acos Lustre (which became the Rega RB200) with Shure M75ED. First incarnation minimalist plinth I later ruined with box and home made balsa and tissue paper (no really) lid.

Second I liked Thorens TD160S, SME 3009 imp plus Goldring G1006 - owned for years

Latest Michell Tecnodec, Nima plus Denon160 - very clean by comparison with Thorens

Also running Linn Axis with the same Shure M75ED mentioned first - this deck is easy to use compared with the Tecnodec/Nima when erm, back from the pub