How many turntables have you owned?

I sold two after a few years that appeared on the market: Technics SL2000 and Micro Seiki BL 51 all the others (about fifteen) I kept them for my collection.

Since 1960 I am thinking 7 maybe 8. About one a decade.

Approximate years of service. Does not include borrowed units which passed through these doors.

Technics SLB2 (1980-85) 

Dual CS505 (1985-86)

Thorens 318 (1986-87)

Thorens TD160 (1987-90)

Linn LP12 (1986-present)

Garrard 301 (1988-2001)

Rek-o-Kut B12H (2006-present)

Garrard 401 (2009-2013)

Garrard 401 AudioGrail (2013-present)

Garrard 401 AudioGrail (2017-present)

Garrard 401 AudioGrail (2020-present)

28 on hand. Three in present use.

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Gerrard sp25 mk? but it was belt drive with built in amp, piezo cartridge and crap. -Trashed.

Micro Seiki DD24S, entry level direct drive with solid plinth and light weight arm arm. - Trashed

Manticore Mantra with Rega RB300 with Goldring Eroica L - sold on minus arm.

Townshend Rock mk2 with the same Rega arm but I trashed the cartridge during the install so used it with a succession of Dynavector 17D2s and 3s, now it’s my mono deck with a mono version of te Decca Maroon and a Naim Aro with 8g added to the headshell.

Artemis SA-1 with Schröder Reference and currently an SPU Royal N