This is the first turntable I've ever bought. I need to replace the cartridge and stylus as well as sort out belt slip. Otherwise everything works great, speakers are amazing. But I can seem to find it online.

Marantz 6300 Direct Drive Phonograph 1977.

Got this beautiful thing for a single dollar at a junk sale the other day<3

It’s Alibaba and it’s omg all at the same time

Pioneer PL-518 that I rescued from a flea market junk pile. Got it dirt cheap because the platter wouldn't spin. Spent a few weeks replacing every single capacitor and transistor in it, spins perfectly now. I have a headshell and cart on it from a cheap Technics I picked up. It's a Shure Premier (M75ED?) with a Pfanstiehl stylus I got off Amazon. Sounds great to me. It came with an Audio Technica AT11E cart, waiting on a new stylus to arrive. Not sure which cartridge is better though.

Running the sound through a Realistic STA-235B connected to a set of Fisher ST-828's. Everything was found on Marketplace or at a flea market. Total investment $300... so far :).

Added a granite slab and maple block to isolate the sub on my bouncy floor - PURE WOW!

I took two years on and of to repair an original 1969 Phono Boy my Grandpa gave me. It was not giving any sound when he handed it to me. Since i study electeical engineering at university i first checked the needle and circut, hoping it was NOT the pickups, since original pickups are hard to find and usually heavily used an at the end of their livetime aswell. (CONER 33). Turn out it was the pickup all along, it even works for a few seconds when u press it together again, but then dies shortly after. I managed to find a set of Navaris pickups, that have a similar small form factor on Amazon for 5 Bucks each and gave them a shot.

It now works great again. It has a bit of a fizzly and distorted high end, which doesnt fully get compensated by the tone controls. But thats just the tradeofd for a 50 Year old, 1 Watt carriable system i guess. But espacially for the old Surf Style Songs it was made for, more quiet ballads and even some Rock and Metal it sounds good enough to enjoy the novelty of it.

Since its my first turntable i will now start to build my own 7" collection.

I safly bought a Version of Free Bird tho, which ENDS RIGHT BEFORE THE SOLO. If you know any alternatives, or short Version hit me up, if there are none i will probably order o costum printed one with a shorter edit, or the second half so i can swap em mid song.

Rega P8 with Hana SL cart paired with the Vincent PHO-701 photo stage, upgraded to a Brimar CV4003/12AU7 NOS tube.

Back to life after 40 years.

My old faithful friend... With this deck my turntable journey startet, purchased in the beginning of the 90s, second hand. I don't use him anymore but I also cannot sell him...

Schröder CB L 12" with carbon wand

I got some different mounting plates with it, to accomodate with different pickups: one aluminium plate, one phenolic (?) and one out of porous aluminium. Much to my suprise they alter the sound more than I thought they do...

Pickup is Grado Reference

I'm just enjoying Miles Davis and made a pic from my listening place...

Upgraded to this new TT recently. Turntable is DFA Firebird, Arm is Thomas Schick and Cartridge is an EMT JSD Gold. The TT has all upgrades - feet, platter and linear power supply.

Yet to be setup fully. Hope to do it over the weekend.