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#Sme tonearm timeline mod
#Sme tonearm timeline portable

Pioneer PL-12D- as Dubmart mentioned above- a good sounding 70's entry level turntable more or less on par with the 1210 soundwise.

I was born in the 70's so this was old when I got it but it really got me in to records and music from an early age. I've sadly forgotten the brand/name on my very first record player but it was one of those music center furnitures with built in records player/tuner/amplifier from the late 50's or early 60's.

#Sme tonearm timeline portable

Numerous Duals, B & Os, Sonys, Technics, NADs, Sansuis, and others, plus a collection of portable decks. Rega 25 (Agree with Tim B and wish I'd kept it) Partial list of decks that have passed through my hands and been enjoyed for varying periods, in no particular order: Technics SL-1210s (still have a modded one in use)Īwaiting restoration and to be kept and used: Roksan Xerxes (still own, but not in use)Īriston RD 90 (still own, but not in use) The ones that have actually spent time in my systems in more or less chronological order: And have bought a couple of very entry-level turntables from garage sales to get a spare removable headshell or perspex lid.

#Sme tonearm timeline mod

I also have a lower-end Akai direct drive (intended to mod to play 78) and lower-end Dual (intended for 78's, but not the quality desired).

Have a 78 cart, another with MM microgroove cart to play damaged disks so my MC styli is protected). Having a detachable headshell allows to use different cart's (eg. Bought this to play 78's, but is also a nice 2nd turntable. Combination idler and belt drive, with the transcription grey hammertone finish. A wonderful turntable, and the world's first suspended design. Made in Melbourne until the 1960's, competed against the Garrard 301.

Source-Odessay (a rare Scottish turntable, competitor to the inferior LP12).

Modified it to have a Grace 707 tonearm, really showed it's capabilities.

Very entry level, but I felt I was on the road to hifi, using something that wouldn't damage my records.

Then to a Sharp automatic belt-drive turntable, s-shaped tonarm that had a counterbalance.

Upgraded to a BSR automatic changer (yes, stereo, huge improvement in sound).

I started out with using my sister's mono record player, in a portable cse with a v.heavy ceramic cart, 7" platter, and a 3" speaker that pointed to the underside of a 12" record.