What kind of Turntables are you running??? Pics!

MJJCREW

I love vinyl!!! Very new to collecting and usually on a tight budget, but I love to see what everybody is using for their old school enjoyment!!
Here is mine...
Sony Dirrect Drive PS-X6

I am using an Ortofon 2M Cart (This made a world of difference!)
Cheers,
Jesse

boston1450

^^^^ nice turntable^^^^I just pick this Audio Technica AT PL120 up for a great price & it does very well-so far

pumpkinman

Kenwood KD-770D that I picked up at a used record for $75 about 7 years ago.

Quote: from the Vinylengine


Description
The precision engineered KD-770D features the Kenwood ultra-rigid DL motor and high stability HS tonearm for outstanding music reproduction accuracy.

Specifications
Drive system: direct drive

Motor: Quartz PLL coreless and slotless DC servo motor

Platter: 33cm aluminium alloy die-cast

Speeds: 33.33 and 45rpm

Wow and flutter: less than 0.02% WRMS

Rumble: better than -80dB

Tonearm: straight pipe arm

Effective length: 245mm

Overhang: 15mm

Stylus pressure range: 0 to 3g

Usable cartridge range: 2 to 12g

Dimensions: 490 x 162 x 410mm

Weight: 11.7kg

mhardy6647

Daily driver is a dump-find Technics SL-Q2 to which I fitted a Denon DL-103 low output moving coil cartridge (it's the only arm in the house any where near heavy enough for the very low compliance DL-103).


dubbin081212 by mhardy6647, on Flickr


The two primary on-deck tts are a bang & olufsen TX-2 with b&o MMC-4 "micro moving cross" (moving iron) cartridge and a Marantz TT-15S1 (essentially a tarted up Clearaudio Emotion) with the ebony armwand version of the CA "Satisfy" arm and a (thoroughly mediocre, by the way) CA wood body moving magnet cartridge (I think the model is "Virtuoso", but I don't remember fo' sho').


TX-2 by mhardy6647, on Flickr


TT15S12 by mhardy6647, on Flickr

There are others that get lugged out from time to time...


holidaydubbing121209 by mhardy6647, on Flickr

pumpkinman

Here is my VPI HW-19 MKIII (from the mid 90's) that purchased about a year after the Kenwood
I swapped out the Rega RB-250 arm for an SME and upgraded to a heavier platter.

A friend made me the sandbox from MDF and it's covered with African bubinga veneer.

mhardy6647

pumpkinman wrote: »

Here is my VPI HW-19 MKIII (from the mid 90's) that purchased about a year after the Kenwood
I swapped out the Rega RB-250 arm for an SME and upgraded to a heavier platter.

A friend made me the sandbox from MDF and it's covered with African bubinga veneer.

oooh :-)

boston1450

Marantz 6300 w/Empire

Jhayman

Mikey081057

Music Hall mmf 5.1

Musical Surroundings Phonomena II

hochpt21

Pro-Ject 2.9 wood with a pear-wood plinth. I currently have a Grado gold cart on it.

hochpt21

Sony PS-LX410 with a Grado black.

boston1450

1971 Pioneer PL a35d completely stock with remote control

pumpkinman

Nice tables guys. I'm out visiting father right now but when I get
home I post my last table.

MJJCREW

Damn those are some beautiful tables!!! Something to shoot for!!

boston1450

nbrowser wrote: »

As noted in a hookup thread I have the Audio Technica AT-LP60-USB, It's still available in the open market. Works quite well for what it is and still outputs in MM, not bad for something designed to "rip" LPs to PC. Pics ? Google...I'm feelin a touch lazy LOL

i use to own one of those & it played very well

BlueMDPicker

Bluenote Bellavista with Signature 5 arm and Dynavector 20-Xh MC cartridge.
Phono stage is newly factory freshened PS Audio GCPH.

[Deleted User]

Hello,
This is a Maplenoll Ariedne Signature turntable with Shelter 901 moving coil cartridge stepped up by a Bent Audio transformers and feeding a Tom Tutay designed phono preamp. I use a VPI turntable power source for motor control and conditioning.
Cheers, Ken

pumpkinman

Technics SL-1300 MK2

pumpkinman

nbrowser wrote: »

As noted in a hookup thread I have the Audio Technica AT-LP60-USB, It's still available in the open market. Works quite well for what it is and still outputs in MM, not bad for something designed to "rip" LPs to PC. Pics ? Google...I'm feelin a touch lazy LOL

SCompRacer

A diy heavy plinth/trimmed top plate heavy platter idler drive L75 Lenco. Advanced Analog MG-1 linear tracking air bearing arm. Two arms, one with a Karat 17D3, the other with an aluminum body Denon 103R.



Got tired of the all black....wrapped plinth with maple.



Currently amplifying the LOMC's with a diy Cinemag head amp through the MM stage of my Krell pre amp.



In the retro system....a vertical linear tracking Mitsubishi LT-5V.



It works and sounds great!

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Mike Reeter

Beautiful and unique tables, here's what gives me pleasure



VPI Classic 1, tipped with a Soundsmith VPI Zephyr, powered by a Rogue Audio Stealth Magnum Pre

pumpkinman

Mike Reeter wrote: »

Beautiful and unique tables, here's what gives me pleasure



VPI Classic 1, tipped with a Soundsmith VPI Zephyr, powered by a Rogue Audio Stealth Magnum Pre

I have a Rogue Stealth also but it's not a Magnum. Was it upgraded from a Steath or was it a Magnum from the start.
Rogue has upgrades for most of it's products.

boston1450

Lots of fine looking tables here.SCompRacer i like how that came out. Very nice sir

Mike Reeter

pumpkinman wrote: »

I have a Rogue Stealth also but it's not a Magnum. Was it upgraded from a Steath or was it a Magnum from the start.
Rogue has upgrades for most of it's products.

I bought the Stealth directly from Rogue, it was a standard unit that had been sent out for a review and then returned. I had Rogue upgrade the unit to a Magnum version.

It is the fourth piece of Rogue gear I've had over the years, I would like to upgrade to the Ares Phono Pre one day. I like their products and their "sound".

MJJCREW

Just the different tables and set ups on all these is so cool to me.....These tables from the vintage stock to the high dollar new are all cool in their own perspective ways...Being from Indiana I am usually getting edgy about February, March wanting to ride my cycles...but since getting started in Audio this winter is a little more tolerable!!
Love it!!

Jstas

Micro Seiki DD-35

Sorry for the low quality pic. This was when I first got it home and was testing it.

oldmodman

No picture, but.

Thorens TD-125, Rabco Linear Tonearm, Shure SME tone arm. Various cartridges. Adcom crosscoil linetrace, Shure V-15 Type III,
A bunch of cheapo ones from going out of business sales.

Dawgfish

I'm running a Sony PS-X75 Biotracer with TTWeights copper and carbon fiber upper mat, magnesium lower mat, copper center weight, and outer ring. I use either a Cinemag, Byer Dynamic, or Sony step up transformer in conjunction with a level 2 modded Jolida JD-9 depending on the cartridge. Cartridges include Soundsmith retipped Shelter 501 MK2, ZU-Denon DL103R, ebony bodied DL103R, metal bodied DL103S, black & white ebony bodied DL103, Denon DL303, Audio Technica AT33PTG, Grado Reference Sonata, Soundsmith retipped Dynavector DV20XH, and Technics EPC205 MK4.

mhardy6647

oldmodman wrote: »

No picture, but.

Thorens TD-125...

Umm, I suspect I speak for many here when I say, "aww, c'mon and post a few!" ;-)

EndersShadow

Man, you fella's make me feel bad about my TT's lol.....

I have 2 right now. One was from Travis (TNHNDYMAN) and its a fully auto TT for if I feel lazy.... its been acting weird so I took it out of the mix for now...





The other one I use a bit more is the Pro-Ject Debut III I got off a different Travis (trav0821)




MJJCREW, if I ever have a Polk gathering, your welcome to come. Hoping later this summer after I get some stuff done at the new house to hold something along those lines...

Jhayman

Soon to replace my recently purchased table should be in my possession by the end of the week..
I love the look of this TT and it comes with a Ortofon Cadenza Red..
It's a Pro-Ject Extension 10