Please allow me to present “my stuff” here.

Around 1995 I was lucky to get the chance to re-model a small room in the basement for my sole purpose – my system, records and a listening chair are the only furniture. Just one chair, I should mention – you should know that when I write „small room“ I mean that: on just 11 square meters I have the usual stereo setup plus more than 2500 records plus no less than 7 (seven!) quite large turntables..

The Thorens turntables are in majority – there’s a TD 124 and a TD 124 Mk. II, a TD 125 LB and a TD 127. There’s also a TD 150 Mk. II in storage.

Other brands: a Garrard 301 and the EMT 938.

The EMT is my reference turntable, equipped with the 929 tonearm and the legendary Tondose (TSD 15 SFL). The EMT 938 was designed for the use in broadcast studios and therefore has an in-built studio-grade preamp with RIAA-equalization so that it can be plugged directly into the line-input of my
Rogers amplifier.

The Thorens TD 125 LB (Long Base, large plinth for 12-inch-tonearms) carries the rather rare Rabco SL-8E, a parallel tracking tonearm. Cartridge: Denon DL 103 D (shibata-retipped).

The Thorens TD 127 is the „big brother“ of the legendary TD 126 (the Mk. II model to be exact), equipped with SME 3012 and Denon DL 102 - it's my primary mono turntable. Transformer: Denon AU-340. Phono-preamp: Brinkmann Fein.

Another Phono-preamp in use is the Pass Pearl with Xono-mc-boards, the rest of the system comprises a Rogers E-20a (integrated tube amplifier, mofidied to 4x KT66). Speakers are LS3/5a made by Spendor – perfect for the size of the room and dedicated partners for the Rogers amp.

My Thorens TD 124 Mk. II will be my second mono turntable when I've got the Shure M-236 tonearm back from refurbishing.

The older TD 124 sits in a classic rounded plinth (made by Schopper/CH) and is equipped with SME 3012 and Denon DL 103 vdH.

The last turntable to mention here is the Garrard 301 in a large plinth, right now there’s an Audiocraft AC-3000 (straight armtube) mounted with a Denon DL 103 SL cartridge.

Here are some current pictures (June 2008).