More than one turntable

[Hifiver]

I currently have the Well Tempered Lab, Simplex ll turntable, £1,995 on a turntable wall bracket/shelf.

I am considering buying the next model up, north of £4,000, which will be larger and require a larger wall shelf.

For those of you with more than one turntable, do you occasionally rotate them on your set-up or do you simply keep them stored?

 

[Gray]

For those of you with more than one turntable, do you occasionally rotate them on your set-up or do you simply keep them stored?

Only nutters own more than one turntable.
I've hoardrd 5 (including a wind-uo gramophone).

All from the days before CD.
Top right is my Thorens TD-160S, but all are now stored due to digital replay.

Nothing wrong with vinyl, especially 12" 45rpm stuff, but I like modern-day track access and the lack of physical wear.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I like modern-day track access and the lack of physical wear.

That's where I am too.

Can't imagine that if I had more than one CDP I'd rotate them though. Each replacement has been better across the board - I can only imagine swapping if one were better with some things but not others, in which case they would both remain wired in and I'd flip depending upon what I was listening to. Obviously that's more difficult with TTs, because of space required, possibly needing more than one phono stage etc.

 

[Al ears]

No point in owning two, buy a decent one and, if necessary one that can accommodate two tonearms... 😎

 

[Rodolfo]

I have three CD players connected and used regularly, but only one turntable. I do have two prior "onlys" -one with a pre-amp- that I've been meaning to sell or give away.

 

[spl84]

I have three CD players connected and used regularly, but only one turntable. I do have two prior "onlys" -one with a pre-amp- that I've been meaning to sell or give away.

Why 3 cd players?

 

[Rodolfo]

Why 3 cd players?

One changer is typically loaded with audio books (currently on disc 3 or 4 of Missing Microbes). The other changer is the primary music one and I regularly exchange discs, which I can do even when any one is playing. The third single-tray model is an SACD specialist, though also excellent with CDs. I/We also tend to use the latter for guests' or borrowed discs so we don't misplace/confuse them or forget to return them.

 

[Rui]

Only nutters own more than one turntable.
I've hoardrd 5 (including a wind-uo gramophone).
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All from the days before CD.
Top right is my Thorens TD-160S, but all are now stored due to digital replay.

Nothing wrong with vinyl, especially 12" 45rpm stuff, but I like modern-day track access and the lack of physical wear.

i would left out the philips it as not a cartridge with diamond tip stylus but saphire

 

[Gray]

i would left out the philips it as not a cartridge with diamond tip stylus but saphire

I bought that Philips deck around 46 years ago and immediately fitted an Ortofon FF-15E cartridge, then a VMS-20E, then a Grado cart.
My Uncle took ownership of the deck and fitted an Audio Technical AT95E.

I've got the deck back and it's still got the AT cartridge.
For me it's always had a diamond stylus - and the turntable, complete with it's suspended subchassis, is better than you might think.

And it's got built-in tracking force indication:

 

[Rui]

Why 3 cd players?

i have 1 cd player and a 100 cd´s player the PD-F100 ,slots of 25 cds each not a carroussel, it´s easier to hear more cds than go serach for them amongst thousands ,from time to time i change those 100 cds and the one cd player is to hear whatever i feel like to, but also have in their boxes around 10 cd players High Quality ones to change if the one i´m using currentelly starts to have problems, or just skips a song once

 

[Rui]

I bought that Philips deck around 46 years ago and immediately fitted an Ortofon FF-15E cartridge, then a VMS-20E, then a Grado cart.
My Uncle took ownership of the deck and fitted an Audio Technical AT95E.

I've got the deck back and it's still got the AT cartridge.
For me it's always had a diamond stylus - and the turntable, complete with it's suspended subchassis, is better than you might think.

And it's got built-in tracking force indication:
View attachment 7114

isn´t that one that as a litle metal rod to when the arm is resting the weight appears in a litle analog display , i found it funny but philips started to release very cheap quality components when two years earlier they had the best working components of this world but it´s explained they in 1980 ,1882 they had Grundig, harman kardon and marantz as their other owned brands that had high quality sound components, so well talked about as they had the sound of 70´s philips with a bit less quality but the brands sound was there, in 79 they released the F series that was top quality but in 1980 they released the same components but instead of brushed aluminium face and metal box all plastic and a bit of cheap aluminium in some parts like the cassette door only in the cassette decks as an example

 

[Rui]

Only nutters own more than one turntable.
I've hoardrd 5 (including a wind-uo gramophone).
View attachment 7082
All from the days before CD.
Top right is my Thorens TD-160S, but all are now stored due to digital replay.

Nothing wrong with vinyl, especially 12" 45rpm stuff, but I like modern-day track access and the lack of physical wear.

i forget to refer the TD-160 is one of the most sold models from thorens that at least till the 90´s they had good turntables,

this to not say the best ,as other brands also had very good turntables, as Dual in early 80´s some used to say that it were the best turntables in the world ,this i think because all had cartridges and stylus from Ortofon ,when Ortofon meaned quality,

today they have good cartridges that cost a lot of money but also they have a lot of garbage, like the OM or M series that is sad to see a brand like this sold to cheapness,

but i can understand , they have workers and they need the money , Grado still as a lot of quality cartridges at cheaper prices compared to any other brands ,

also cartridges and stylus are not the same as it were built till the 90´s this today is a litle version of what were cartridges and stylus,

as the turntables todat also are extremelly exopensive and they don´t even bother to sell them with all regular parts that were available in all turntables,

if this new wave of turntables were sold, let´s say ,the 80´s not one would be sold ,

as there are missing a lot of parts that made a turntable no matter the brand,

the thorens i notice that you don´t have anymore the original arm but one of those sold today that is well talked about but in the past it were available only for children from 5 till 8 years old ,like it were released by CHICO