Giradischi

.....il buon vecchio GIRADISCHI......

Harman/Kardon, USA

HK with Rabco ST-7, one of the first with a viable linear tracking arm (Note that there existed earlier-on a very rare Thorens tangential arm, in the TD-124 era!)

T65C

ST8

Helius, UK

Tonearms nowadays surviving under the Audio Note name.

Aureus

Hifine, D

Prajna

Tao

Immedia, USA

RPM-1

Revolution

JBE, UK

Series 3, one of the rare direct-drives from England

JVC, J

QL-10 (obviously an OEM Denon)

Kenwood/Trio J

L-07D

KD-500 + Grace 707

KD-600 + SME 3009/III

Kingston, CH

Dub Plate Cutter mounted on a Technics SL-1200, one of two existing 'consumer' LP cutters!

Kiseki, J

Lapis Lazuli, the most expensive cartridge of the eighties

Klangtraum, D

DL-2 with SME 309 arm

Koetsu

Legendary cartridges, founded by an ex-Supex employee.

MC-1

Black - Gold Line, mounted in a Koetsu Rosewood Headshell

Koetsu arm

Rosewood

Black Urushi

Krell, USA

KC-100

Kuzma, SL

Stabi S

Super Stabi + Stogi

Kyocera, J

PL-601

Le Tallec, F

Stad-1

Stasis-1

Linn, UK

More than a bit kontroversial, Linn led the seventies belt-driven turntable revolution, and as such guaranteed that there was a future for the LP and for a host of subsequent high-end turntable manufacturers.

LP-12 + Ittok + Asak

old LP-12 + early Basik arm

LP-12 + Akito II

Axis + Akito

Ittok LVII

Basik

Basik LVV tonearm

Loth-X, SG

Aida

Otello

Lumley, UK

Stratosphere ST1 + Moerch arm

Luxman, J

PD-300 with Infinity Black Widow arm, Shure V-15, and manual vacuum pomp

PD-441 with Premier FT-3 arm

PD-277

PD-555

PD-350

PD-444 with two Dynavector 505 arms and an Audio Technica vacuum platter mat

PD-121 with Grace arm

Manticore, UK

Mantra + Magician

Marantz, USA/J/NL

TT-1000

SLT-12

Meitner, CAN

Turntable

Mel Audio, IT

Go-El

Zeroha

Michell Engineering, UK

Not only fine turntables (and amplifiers), but Michell also made the spacecraft models featuring in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey", and bits and pieces of older turntables were used in "Star Wars" props and models.

GyroDec MkI

GyroDec MkI, motor in front position to accommodate two arms, Zeta arm

GyroDec MkII with Rega RB-300 arm This is actually my own turntable. Today it sports a QC, SME IV arm, Orbe platter, and Scheu cartridge.

GyroDec MkIII with QC power supply and SME IV arm

Gyro SE with Graham 2.0 arm

Gyro SE with SME V arm

Orbe SE with SME V arm

Orbe with SME V arm

Orbe Millennium with SME V arm

Syncro

Mycro

Focus One with Focus unipivot arm

Prisma with SME 3009/III arm

Prisma with Michell Focus arm and add-on glass platter (from the collection of Don Sellers)

Double-platter Prisma with Dynavector DV-505 and Hadcock 228 arms

Focus arm

Micro Magic, J

Magic Diamond

Micro Seiki, J

DDX-1000

DCX-500

SX-8000

DD-7

RX-1500

BL-51

DQX-500

Mission, UK

775S with 774 tonearm

Moerch, DK

DP-6

Morsiani, I

prototype turntable

Moth, UK

Turntable with Alphason Opal arm

NAD, UK

5020

5120 This was a very cheap turntable, made in Czechoslovakia, and yet it had a reputation for good sound quality. It could be had with two arm versions: one quite conventional, the other without a real arm tube, but with a long narrow piece of printed circuit board connecting the headshell to the bearings (seen here). Both arms could employ viscous damping (SME and Graham have this too :-), and the platter actually existed of a thin metal plate supporting a very thick and heavy rubber mat.

533

Nakamichi

Both the big Nak turntables employed a record-centering platter to eliminate eccentrity-induced wow. However, most people seeing these constructions for the first time react with saying 'wow'.

TX-1000

TX-1000 in a rather exuberant system with among others a rare gold-plated 1000ZXL cassettedeck and the complete model 1000 DAT system.

Dragon C(omputing) T(urntable)

Noise, ???

Michelangelo

Nottingham Analogue, UK

Spacedeck

Hyperspace

Anna Log

Opus 3, SW

Continuo

Cantus

Oracle, CAN

Together with Michell the first to combine a pendulum-type spring suspension with skeletal looks. The Delphi is a true classic.

Delphi MkI with Fidelity Research FR-14 and Ortofon MC-25FL

Delphi MkI with Perfection Audio modifications and Grado arm

Delphi MkII with Air Tangent arm

Delphi MkII with Zeta arm

Delphi MkV

Alexandria

Premiere with SME arm, a top-end version of the Delphi MkIV

Origin Live, UK

Oasis

Oasis A

Phonosophie, D

Naim-distributor-modified Thorens models

3, + Naim Aro arm

Pink Triangle, UK

The original Pink Triangle pioneered the use of an acrylic platter and a DC-motor located on a lightweight aerolam suspended subchassis. Personally I think this one of the most important turntable designs ever.