The Linn Sondek is certainly the most important turntable of the '70s and, arguably, the most seminal product of the modern high end movement. It was based on Thorens first belt drive the TD150 and the AR turntable, both of which came out in the same year, 1965 if I remember correctly, and, more closely, the Ariston RD11, all being classics. I have seen a lot of Mac tube systems that were sold with Dual tables, simply because, before Linn, the prevailing logic was that all turntables sounded the same. Kind of a let down, but I used to collect Mac tube gear and that's what usually showed up with it. Certainly, the Technics SP10, in it's various revisions was an object of desire, and started the whole direct-drive movement, and the Thorens TD124 was another lusted after piece of analog gear. Many found the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 to be a stunner and the capacity for housing three tonearms was way out for the time. For sheer looks, the Transcriptor tables were the cats meow and one can be seen in Kubrick's great film, "A Clockwork Orange".
