How Many Turntables Have You Owned

The mention of early Thorens TT brings back memories.I think it was the mid to late 60's.I was at the long gone Newmark & Lewis chain looking for a new TT.The salesman said he was selling his personal unit.A Thorens with Supex MC cartridge. Instead I bought a Marantz table which was then owned by Superscope.
Just one of many audio errors.Live and learn

The old cassette recordings off the old Philips 312 may well sound clearer today 30 years later on my current system, normal tape hiss aside, than the original vinyl did on the original system I had around the 312 at that time.

I determined years later that the Hitachi Class G receiver I used in that old system then was the weak link. It delivered a lot of power out of a small box that fit well inside a dorm room at the time, but distortion levels with the Class G amp left something to be desired.

Dansette Auto Changer, BSR, JVC Direct Drive, SME 20 [big jump], VPI TNT HR, VPI HRX, with 3 arm wands.
SME 30/12 on order.

Went from a basic, cheap Gerard to a Techniques SL3300 to a Benjamin 4000 linear tracking, front loader, to a Dual CS5000 to a Rega P3 to my current modded VPI TNT.

I have had two in forty years. BSR 1966, and Lynn in 1975. The rest is music.