Pioneer PLX 1000 ancestry

Or the four Empires? The two Rek-O-Kuts (one belt, one idler)? The Kenwood idler (rare!)? The Bogen B61 idler? The two Thorens (125 and 160)? The highly-modded AR? The Fairchild belt drive? The Sony servo belt drive? The Kenwood KD500? The VPI HW19? The Yamaha belt drive? The Technics 1200? The Denon DD auto? The two Aristons? The Linn Sondek? 

I started with the Ariston RD11S and SME arm in 1977 ($270 and $150). Added a second Ariston (earlier production pre-Linn) a year or two ago. Ariston made Sondeks for their first two years before Ivor Tiefenbrun moved out and opened his own factory! He just copied the Ariston design with minor changes. So much for originality! And at about the same time I bought my LP12 from a British seller (had my first Sondek about 10 - 15 years ago!). 

So there you have it, an eclectic collection of vintage TT's! My favorites remain the Ariston's and the Linn Sondek! But I still like and use the PLX1000 with the Denon 103R.

@roberjerman
You have about 30 turntables? Wow!!

Pioneer PLX1000 is theft, a cheap fraudulent Chinese knockoff. Hopefully it gets some serious tariffs soon.