Okay, who has the most turntables!

[Electone]

Technics SL-1200mkII
Technics SL-MA1
Technics SL-1600mkI
Technics SL-1310
Technics SL-23
Pioneer PL-560
Dual CS-616
Sony PS-LX2

 

[NoTransistors]

It has been five years since I added to this thread.
To date, I have the following:
Dual 1219 fully modded and as quiet as any direct-drive. Shure ML140HE
Dual 1219 with basic mods. Shure ML140HE
Dual 1229Q with basic mods. Shure V15III
Dual 1229Q fully modded and yet not as quiet as the 1219 because of the different arm design. Stanton 681EEE
Around three additional 1219 that will be fixed, fully modded and sold some day.
A Philips GA212 with Shure V15III.
A six-legged birch-veneered Victor acoustic phonograph with twin spring drums, a fancy speed regulator with pitch control, auto shut-off, volume control through adjustment of the doors in front of the unit, and record storage behind the two end doors. From the first decade of the last century. Steel needles from JICO of all places.

 

[mkane]

Just 4, 2 ar/xa's, Pioneer PL630, VPI Scout LE

 

[Decibel_116]

SL-1210M5G w/Denon DL301mkII
SL-1200M3D w/Shure V15 IV and SAS (sometimes DL-110)
SL-Q3 w/Shure M91ED or Shure M97XE
SL-QX200 w/AT155LC/P
SL-QX300 w/Technics P28 and SAS
SL-QD33 w/Shure M111HE
SL-BD20 (NIB) not in current rotation
SL-7 (2) w/Shure V15LTs

I'm still trying to decide which of these I should try the new AT 150MLX and the Stanton 680EE/S on next.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Jnevill]

I "only" have 5.
SL1300 MKI
SL3200
LAB-440
LAB-270
PL-518

On this forum I feel turntable poor!

 

[harman/kardon]

1 Sony

1 Kenwood

1 Marantz

2 Telefunken

3 Dual

6 Bang&Olufsen

 

[BillyBatts]

Just four. No need for more.

I have three for my primary listening systems;

Yamaha YP-D4
Pioneer PL-514
Music Hall MMF-7.1

And one set up for my 45 collection;

Pioneer PL-600

Thinking about getting a U-Turn Orbit Plus to play with at some point, just because.

That would give me five. Just a pebble in the pond for some of you guys.

 

[anilva]

My collection includes:

EMT 950
2 x EMT 938
SP10 Mark 2
2 x SL1210
Dual 1019
Dual 721
2 x Lenco L75
Lenco L70
Thorens TD 135
Thorens TD 160

Cheers

 

[Rothna]

Kenwood KD-5100 / AT440MLa

Pioneer PL-500 - reurb in progress
Pioneer PL-600 / Denon DL-110
Pioneer PL-L1000 / Sumiko BPS EVO III

Technics SL-1500 - eBay disaster recovery unit
Technics SL-1600 / AT33EV
Technics SL-1800 - out of rotation

Dual 601 / Pickering XV-15/750

Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4002 / SoundSmith SMMC20CL


9 Tables will just have to do for the time being.

 

[sfrykh]

I have just a small collection:
Technics SP-10(First Version) with a Grace 940 and AT-OC9Ml/II
Dual 1219 with M91ED/SAS
Elac 770H with Empire 2004/913e
Dual 1019 with M91ED/Jico elliptical
Technics SL-DL1 with Technics P23
Optonica RP-4705 with AT11E

They just keep multiplying.

 

[rmoreau61]

U-Turn Orbit+
AR XA
BIC 960
ADC 1600DD
Micro Seiki MB15
Philips GA212

In storage:
Benjamin Elac Miracord 760
Pioneer PL117D

Boxed up:
Enough parts to make another ADC 1600DD
A Micro Seiki MB15 tonearm assembly
AR vinyl wrapped plinth

"Need" is a subjective term....

I almost exclusively use the Orbit - it's no fuss and sounds good.
Right now I'm using the BIC because I'm listening to a double album setup for a changer.
If you have one and you want another, you'll come up with a reason to "need" it.

For me it's a combination of:
sentimentality (ADC, Micro Seiki, AR)
appreciation of style (Philips, BIC, Pioneer, Orbit, AR again)
joy of tinkering (Elac Miracord and the AR, BIC and Philips again)
daily listening (almost exclusively the Orbit at this point)
Supporting local start up business (Orbit)

Okay, that last one is totally an excuse to add to my collection/addiction. I heard U-Turn processed 1200 units last month.

 

[Van_Isle]

Main decks:
Technics SL-1210 Mk 2, Rega RB250 tonearm.
Yamaha YP-D8
JVC QL-A7
Sansui SR-525

In miscellaneous states:
Thorens TD-150
Luxman PD-282
Marantz 6200
Sansui SR-525
Sansui SR-222
Sony PS-X555ES
Sony PS-X55
Pioneer PL-600
Pioneer PL-55X
Pioneer PL-100
Pioneer PL-5
Rega Planar 3, R200 tonearm
Yamaha P-550
Philips GA-212
Technics SL-QL1
Technics SL-B2
Pro Linear AT-1600 (x2)

 

[BillyBatts]

U-Turn Orbit+
......
I almost exclusively use the Orbit - it's no fuss and sounds good.
Right now I'm using the BIC because I'm listening to a double album setup for a changer.
If you have one and you want another, you'll come up with a reason to "need" it.
........
daily listening (almost exclusively the Orbit at this point)
Supporting local start up business (Orbit)

Okay, that last one is totally an excuse to add to my collection/addiction. I heard U-Turn processed 1200 units last month.

I have a real Jones to get an Orbit+ Table. Not sure why. All but my Music Hall MMF 7.1 are pre-CD tables. I guess I want to try the new "Spartan" Orbit and hope it also becomes a daily driver for me. Also, I want to support a start-up as at one time, I too launched a Start-Up company... actually two of them. I like supporting entrepreneurs. Especially in Vinyl!

Thanks for that post.

 

[1old_wizard]

My wife will tell you "we" have 4. I'll admit to a "few" more.......

 

[rmoreau61]

I guess I want to try the new "Spartan" Orbit and hope it also becomes a daily driver for me.

My intention was to get the Orbit basic version, but when I saw the acrylic platter, well.... how better to support a start up (I think I just spelled "addiction" as "start up"). I also talked myself into a cartridge upgrade while I was at it.... The black MDF platter would look cool with either the black or white plinth....

 

[NoTransistors]

Seems that compared to all of you, I have practically no turntable collection.

 

[Searing75]

Two

Pioneer PL112d
Garrard SL72b

I use only the Pioneer, but the Garrard has a strange pull on me every time I walk past it sitting in the basement?

 

[Dr Tinear]

I have seven turntables, though only two of them are set up at the moment.

Three AR XAs, all of them complete and functional
Technics SL-230
Dual 1214 with the die-cast platter off a scrapped 1218
Garrard Zero 92
Perpetuum-Ebner (PE) 3060 in need of some TLC

I also have two portable phonographs -- a Zenith tabletop AM/FM/phono from 1948 with separate tonearms for 78 and 33/45 microgroove and a Trav-Ler children's phonograph from 1950 with 33, 45 and 78 speeds. The Zenith will be a showpiece if I ever get around to restoring it.

Since I last posted in this thread in 2010, I sold one of the ARs; gave the PE to a friend who fixes vintage turntables; added a Technics SL-220 which I modified to run at 78 RPM; and picked up two more turntables, a Technics SL-1700 (my first DD) and a Thorens TD-124 that needs some TLC to sing again. That brings the total to 8 and suggests that I could be doing a better job of reducing my gear inventory.

 

[vinyldavid]

Won't dig through my posts for the older one, but safe to say, I have entirely too many more.

Off the top of my head, this is what I currently have:

Lenco L75
McMartin/Russco CueMaster
Lenco L-75 in big base
Fairchild 412
Fairchild 440
Dual 1229
Dual 1019
Technics SL-1200mk2
Pioneer PL-41
Garrard RC-88/4
AR XA
HarmanKardon Rabco ST-8
Pioneer PL-12D (working on this as a gift for my boss)
Magnavox Imperial
RCA Victor console with 45 changer and 33/78 changer
Fisher Philharmonic (1964) with Garrard AII
1920's Brunswick Ultona

This list will shorten soon.

 

[gridleakrick]

A six-legged birch-veneered Victor acoustic phonograph with twin spring drums, a fancy speed regulator with pitch control, auto shut-off, volume control through adjustment of the doors in front of the unit, and record storage behind the two end doors. From the first decade of the last century. Steel needles from JICO of all places.

Hyper eliptical, of course?
Rick