Giradischi

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The Real Sound Company, UK

Turntable

Rega, UK

Planet

old Planar 2 + RB-200

Planar 2 + RB-250

Planar 3 + RB-300

P-25 + RB-600

P-9 + RB-900

Revox, CH

B795

Rotel, UK/J

RP-830

Rockport, USA

Sirius III

Roksan, UK

Xerxes (original version with black lid) + SME 3009/III

Xerxes X + Artemiz

Touraj Moghaddam Signature + Artemiz

Radius + Tabriz

Scheu/Eurokit, G

These are all more-or-less-DIY turntables based on the same components.

Premier, Moerch arm (DK), Jan Allaerts MC1 cartridge (B)

Scheu DIY turntable + SME 3012

Scheu DIY turntable + Scheu arm

Scheu Beton

Scheu Big Platter

Scheu Granit

Scheu Holz

Simon Yorke, UK

Series 7

Series 7 - Professional Archive Turntable

Series 9

Scale Model Equipment, UK

Engineering company with tonearms and turntables as by-product.

SME 10 + Model 10 arm

SME 20/2 + SME V

SME 30/2 + SME V

309

Series IV

Series V

3009 and 3012

3009 Series II

Sonographe, USA

SG-3

Sony, J

PSX-555ES

SOTA, USA

Comet

Sapphire

Star

Star + SME V arm

Millennia

Strykala, G

Strykala (DIY turntable)

Supex, J

900, legendary cartridge often used on early Linn LP-12s

Systemdek, UK

IIX/900

2X2

Talisker, G

RP-1

Tandberg, N

TD-20ASE (not a turntable, but I feel it belongs here anyway)

Technics, J

100P, a linear tracker from 1966!

SL-M1

SL-MA1

SL-1100, starting the direct-drive assault

SL-1200

SL-1200 MkII

SP-10MkII in SBH-107B base and Rega RB-250 arm

SP-10 with two Acos Lustre arms

SL-DL5

SL-DL1

SP-15

SL-M3

Telefunken, G

PS-81 radio broadcast turntable

Teragaki, J

Teragaki is a contract mechanical engineer who does a lot of advanced work on turntables for several Japanese industrial giants, such as Seiko-Epson and Audio Technica (well, not exactly a giant this one). Teragaki's ideas are rather extreme. I feel that these record players should bear names like 'Akira' and 'Tetsuo'.

Epson Sigma-2000

AT Sigma-3000

prototype

Thorens (CH,G)

Thorens is the oldest turntable manufacturer in existence, with roots going back well into the previous century. I mean, the nineteenth one. Thorens always upheld high levels of quality. The TD-124 is, together with the Garrard 301 and 401, one of the greatest idler-wheel record players of the fifties. In the sixties and seventies Thorens pioneered the three-point suspension, first with the legendary TD-150, later with the TD-160, 125, and 126, the latter two featuring advanced electronic speed control of their belt drive systems. In the late seventies, the Reference and Prestige were real cost-no-object supertables, and please don't believe that they were not stellar performers. From the eighties on Thorens slid into lower popularity as they stuck to their original scheme of suspended turntable with metal platter and rubber mat, while the rest of the world did different things ...

TD-150

Symphony CD50

TD-115

TD-121 with Ortofon arm

TD-124 with EMT arm

TD-224 (124-based changer)

TD-125 MkI with TP-16 arm

TD-125 with Infinity Black Widow arm

TD-125 with RDC platter and Helius Aureus

TD-126 MkIII with TP-16II

TD-226 with Thorens TP-16II arm with removable wand and SME 3009/III arm

TD-160 MkI with TP-16

TD-160 MkII with TP-16II

TD-147 MkII with Oracle mat

Jubilee (gold-plated TD-147)

TD-165 MkI

TD-166 MkII + TP-16II arm

heavily modified TD-166 MkVI, named 'Ambience' by its owner

TD-280 MkIV

TD-295

TD-185

TD-318 MkIII

TD-320 MkIII with TP-90

TD-321 modified with a custom plinth, and SME 3009/III

TD-520 with SME 312

TD-524

TD-535

TD-2001 with TP-90

TD-520 + SME 3012

Prestige + SME 3012 and SME 309

Reference + SME 3009/III and EMT arms

Ambiance + SME V

Concrete + SME 309

Townshend, UK

The original Townshend turntable was conceived at Cranfield University, and was subsequently marketed by Max Townshend.

Rock Reference 2 + Origin Live RB-250 arm

Rock Reference 3

Transcriptors, IRL

Saturn + Vestigal arm

Skeleton

Transcriber (arm remains stationary, platter moves underneath it, picture from the collection of Don Sellers)

Round

Transrotor, G

Once working with Michell Engineering in the UK, Jochen Raeke founded Tranrotor, first re-selling Michell turntables, later also with his own designs.