I like this Goldmund/Verdier/SME sequence. Where would you go to next? For me it's been Nottingham Spacedeck/Spacearm for the last seven years. Some junk before that. I will never sell the Spacedeck even if one day I upgrade it. I could give it away to someone special though, theoretically speaking. But any real upgrade would put me in $10k category, so not going to happen any time soon, that's for sure.
This is just off of the top of my head - I am pretty sure I have had other tables over the years.
1986 - vintage Audio Technica (inherited from my father) 1988 - JVC direct drive (high school table) 1998 - Oracle Delphi Mk II plus various upgrades (first real high end table) 1999 - Goldmund Studio (still a great table) 2000 - Verdier La Platine (finicky, but magical) 2008 - SME 20/a (bullet proof and high resolution) 2014 - SME 30/2 (best I've owned)
1979 - Linn LP12 ( sold stereo in 1985 to pay for college expenses ) 2005 - VP! 19Jr. 2007 - Nottingham Spacedeck 2009 - Nottingham Spacedeck heavy kit, Wave mechanic and custom SRA base added as well as Benz SLR Gullwing cart. 2013 - Sold entire collection of LP's and all analog gear as tired of the shear amount of stuff I had. Continuing to downsize but now only digital with MSB Analog DAC, Transport direct into amp.
All said and done, LP's on a great well set up turntable and cart are really the best sounding, but at a cost of stuff.
WOW....I would say Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony, Denon, B&O, Thornes back in the Seventies. Fast forward to 2011 (when I started spinning again) and Ive been through a Rega P3/24 (groovetracer reference upgrades) A re wired (morrow audio) Thornes TD160, a Project Xtension 10. My last table is now and will be with me forever.....A JA Michell Gyro SE w/Gen 3 Techno arm and Dynavector 20x2L. So after everything, I stayed with a classic 80’s design. it was a enjoyable progression for sure. And quite a learning experience.
Inexpensive Technics (college) Harmon Kardon (?) CJ Walker 55 w/Lustre GST-801 tonearm Linn Axis w/Basik Plus tonearm Project Carbon DC Esprit SB w/ Ortofon Red
Gosh, back in the days (70s and 80s) I can only remember brands--couple of Sonys (including one where the plinth/platter/arrm were in a motorized drawer, BIC, Kenwood.
When I got serious about vinyl (late 90s), this has been the lineup:
ProJect (can't recall the model but it was in their early years and was a sprung design).
Wilson-Benesch Circle w/ACT 0.5 Arm
Currently, an Avid Volvere to SME IV, Dynavector 20x2L and Avid Pellar.
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