Personal turntable/cartridge evolution

It's just that people have short memories.

1971 - 1973 Garrard SP25 MkIII with Shure M44E cartridge.

1974 - 1975 Pioneer PL 12D with Ortofon MC10 cartridge

1976 - 1976 Thorens TD 124 with SME 3009Mk II arm and Fidelity Research FR1 MK III cartridge.

1977 - 1981 Linn Sondek LP 12 with Mission 774 arm and FR1 cartridge as above.

1977 - 1981 Thorens TD 124 with SME 3009 MkII arm and FR1 cartridge, used interchangeably from above.

1982 - 1995 No vinyl, no serious system. Era of great sadness.

1995 - 2003 Heavily modified Linn Sondek with OL outboard power supply and DC motor, Cetech carbon fiber subchassis,black Linn Ittok LVII arm and Koetsu Black cartridge.

2003 - present. modded Goldring GL 75 with OL modded Rega 250 and above Koetsu Black. This is finally Nirvana I think.

1) JVC Direct Drive my father gave me with Ortofon cart- 1989-1994.
2) Rega Planar 3 1994-1999
3) Rega Planar 25 1999-

Michael

1984 Luxman P-406/built in tonearm/some P-Mount Signet
2004 OL Aurora Gold/OL Silver/Shelter 301

Music Hall MMF-2
Rega P3-2000
Music Hall MMF-5
SOTA Moonbeam
Rega P5

Plus a bunch of junk tables in the 80's & 90's.

Will be sticking with the P5 for a while - really like it with the Rega Exact cartridge.

2 years ago i bought a stanton str8 ,6 mths later a vpi scout w/clearaudio arum beta s,also upgraded pre musical fidelity xlp to acoustech ph1p,