Having A Tough Time Justifying More Than One Table

Elliott is the person that inspired me to build a Victor based TT. I to have a CL2P plinth with the two arm boards but I'm using the TT 71 motor drive instead. I wanted the ability to try multiple tonearms so being a machinist I made new armboards out of 3/4" thick aluminum plate. I machine a recess to take smaller sub plates made out of 1/4" aluminum plate that can be swapped out in just a few minutes complete with arm and cartridge. I made it to a degree of precision that as long as I don't disturb any settings, the arm, cartridge and sub plate will just drop back in ready to play.Right now I'm using an ATP-12T with some mods I did in the back position and a Victor UA-7045 on the right side.If you go to AK and look up the thread " JVC QL-?? owners thread" , starting on page 11 and ending on page 12 are some pictures of my build.
I think it was rather innovative the approach I took to building new armboards for this TT. I don't recall seeing anything else quite like it.I have a Victor UA-7082 on deck to be mounted next, just have to machine the sub plate. Hopefully it will be completed sometime in the next two weeks. After that, I have a Fidelity Research FR-54 to experiment with thanks to my friend Elliott.

BillWojo

So my solution was to leave the Brinkmann go. I still have the Audiomods Series 6 arm here, and that can go on the SOTA as I have another arm board that fits that arm. So if I choose to audition another cartridge then I can do it on that arm, just remove the SME V and Proteus and not have to worry about uninstalling it or setting it back up at another time. 

The Well Tempered stays as it is a great platform for the ZYX 4D cartridge, and it was my least expensive table. I find I enjoy it for casual listening, so in a way it gets the most play time. When the ZYX diamond is too worn, it will go to Expert Stylus to get fitted with a new diamond This can be done with the stock cantilever, so with a tune up by an experienced technician I believe I will get a cartridge back that is as close to stock as possible. While the Paratrace diamond may be different in some respects to a microridge cut, i think the differences in mass will be negligible and the stock cantilever assembly being preserved will be of more importance than variations in diamond cut. 

The Esoteric E-03 accepts two inputs, so both tables are wired to it I can remove the Graham Slee, and the Accession and Elevator will be going to a friend of mines to be used in his system. So I free up some capital, gain a bit of real estate in my cabinet, and simplify the system. I have two decent tables that are enjoyable to listen to, and brings the system configuration into an arrangement that meets my needs. 

Dear Neon, Your experience here is like an alcoholic visiting his favorite pub in order to get help with his drinking problem.  There's nothing wrong with your acquisitive habit; it's up to you to decide whether and how much to control it.

It is like guitars, bikes, ..., 
You always want what you have plus one. So, it is never enough.
For me three arms are reasonable (1 mono + 2 stereo cartridges for MC and MM). Four is better (1 mono + 3 stereos for 1 MM, 1 LOMC and 1 HOMC). If the space is a concern, you can have one table with four arms.  

I have 3 tables because I have 3 separate systems located in different parts of the house. I might go down to 2 as one system is almost 100% streaming.