How Many Turntables Have You Owned

By the way, the Philips 312 was a way cool looking table in its day and had a nice sound as well. I regret selling it years ago and not keeping it around. I still have some cassette recordings around that I made with it back then that remind me what a nice sounding table that beauty really was.

Here are pictures of a Philiops 312 if anyone is interested:

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Rega 2
Rega 3
Linn Axis
Linn LP12
Garrard 301
Raven AC

So that = 6

I owned a Philips 312. Very cool table. It was notoriously sensitive to vibration, however...not ideal for a hard rock freak like me (but I loved the table anyway).

I sold it about 15 years ago for $25.

The mention of early Thorens TT brings back memories.I think it was the mid to late 60's.I was at the long gone Newmark & Lewis chain looking for a new TT.The salesman said he was selling his personal unit.A Thorens with Supex MC cartridge. Instead I bought a Marantz table which was then owned by Superscope.
Just one of many audio errors.Live and learn

The old cassette recordings off the old Philips 312 may well sound clearer today 30 years later on my current system, normal tape hiss aside, than the original vinyl did on the original system I had around the 312 at that time.

I determined years later that the Hitachi Class G receiver I used in that old system then was the weak link. It delivered a lot of power out of a small box that fit well inside a dorm room at the time, but distortion levels with the Class G amp left something to be desired.