A couple of the TT's I've owned

[bubba45]

Ariston RD40:





Thorens Td165:







Heybrook TT2:





My 1st PT1:





Ariston RD11:









My 2nd PT1:





TD 160B MKII:



Systemdek Transcription:




Technics SL1210 MK5:



Technics SL1210 MK2:


A couple of tonearms I've owned:

Syrinx LE1 (full DIY rewire):



Jelco / LAD (DIY external cable):



Mission 774 Original (DIY external cable):



Helius Scorpio MK2:



Mission 774 SM(J7 rewire):



Rega RB250 w/ full DIY rewire & Isokinetik counterweight:





Rega RB250 w/ full DIY cardas rewire & RB300 counterweight:



Alphason Opal full DIY rewire:



All the turntables apart from the 2 Technics have needed some degree of restoration from plinth repair, rewiring, replacing electronic parts.etc. All bought as spares or repairs and all in perfect working if not cosmetic condition by the time I have finished with them.

[Rare Bird]

Yum Yum.. one of my fav arms & TT's.

[Spectral Morn]

Hi Jason


Thank you for that That was very interesting indeed.


Regards D S D L

[Alex_UK]

Nice - interesting interpretation of "couple" though!

[bubba45]

Cheers gents
Other TT's I've also owned but have no pictures of:

Systemdek IIX, Ariston RD80SL(X2), Rega Planar 3 (1 with R200 & 1 with RB300), Rega Planar 2 w/ RB250, Revolver Rebel, Luxmn PD264, Technics SL1500 MK1, Garrard 4hf, Thorens TD160, Dual CS5000, Ariston RD50, Ariston RD11e, Pro-Ject Xpression 1, Pro-ject Xperience, Pro-ject Debut, Ariston Q Deck, another Ariston RD40 I bgave to a friend as a present, another Heybrook TT2, 1 stock Linn LP12 / Valhalla '86 model, 1 LP12 with Cirkus bearing / Hercules-Mose / Cetech Subchassis and a surprisingly good vintage Hitachi DD.

Tonearms:
Linn Akito MK1; Linn Ittok LVII (J7 fettled & rewired); Linn Basik LVV, LVX, LVX+; Origin Live Modded RB300

I think the only vintage TT's I'm still really tempted to try are a Logic DM101 or a STD 305. Although a couple of the vintage JVC, Kenwood/Trio, Denon's have aroused my curiosity too.

Armwise I've never owned a unipivot like a NA or a Hadcock but they no longer really tempt me for some reason.

Anyway just thought I'd share. I'll post pics of my current set ups at the weekend.

[Rare Bird]

Please don't make me list the decks/arms i've had

[MCRU]

Nice to see a SERIOUS vinyl forum, some real classics here. I have owned AR EB101 first, various SL1200/1210, Systemdek for a while, Rega P2 and lately P3, CBA and did not have time to up-grade the P3 so getting rid as I bought 5 x Lencos, just got the GL78 back today refurbed and cannot wait to give it a spin, just waiting for a new delrin record weight that I am getting made to arrive to compare against the aluminium one Marco recommended, need to give my Vinyl a serious clean as well. Will post pic of new TT when assembled.

[DSJR]

And I thought i had it bad

Some great old vintage decks there and the GL78, auto or not, is a classic once the arm bearings are sorted, the auto trip having no effect on performance and the multi-ribbed mat adding to it IMO

The STD was ok, but the sub-chassis was a bit frail as I recall. not sure what one would sound like now tbh. The DM101 was outside its time IMO and I suspect that great things could be done with the design with todays materials, supplies, mats etc..

[Rare Bird]

The DM101 was outside its time IMO and I suspect that great things could be done with the design with todays materials, supplies, mats etc..

The latter 'DM101' were the best British deck at the time imho, buy a manual version if you can.

I once remade but ever so slightly altered plinth for a friend for one..

[MCRU]

Well I have the new Lenco now and the motor is totally silent, just proves how well they were made, need to do a few minor mods and we should be cooking on gas. Need to decide what to do with the other 4 then!!!