Top Ten Turntables of All Time??

Linn Sondek LP12-Never been any other as good.

Mapleknoll Apollo, only 20 or so ever made by Bob Dilger.

Sony PSX800. Direct drive, Linear tracking servo-controlled arm, very complex electronics, goes against all the audiophile wisdom. But, it performs flawlessly. Sorry about that.

That Sony did not keep it's value. The original price of $850.oo list, and a resale in today's market of under $100. per Orion.
Some tables of the non-audiophile sort which HAVE held a major portion of their initial cost:
AR turntable two speed: sells for MORE than new price
Denon DP 37F ... still sells for over 90% of original price
Denon DP 59L ... On ebay heading for over 90% of list
Dual 1219 at 70% of original cost, A lot of midpriced Duals are holding their own at 50% to 40% original cost.
Kenwood KD-600 120% of original cost!!!
Pioneer are all worth next to nothing.. the worst resale of any. A $400 Pioneer table now sells for $32.
Sony is only a tiny bit better than Pioneer.
Technics is an odd make... a few good resale.. and a lot of dogs.
Yamaha is all junk too, except a few PF, PX prefexs, and even those are around 40% max resale.
So if you got that old AR... fire it up, and head over to ebay... :^)
Just some figures I have laying around for your enjoyment

Well lets throw Rega Planar into the mix here. The Model 2 and 3 have become legendary hallmark turntables almost since day one. The early versions had the Lustre Arm, then Rega developed their own arm the RB 300. The Planar 3 with Rega RB 300 tone arm is truly an outstanding combination.

Few products in high end audio have enduring value. The Rega Planar 3 certainly fits that description to no end. Is there better? Sure there is, but at what cost. The return on investment, one would be sorely tested to do better and with a company still in business all these years,it becomes a moot point. Truly a icon product that has passed the test of time.