What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

Beautiful setup, weldone!
And a very nice sharp picture!



TW-Acustic Black Night | DIY air suspension base | SME 312s w/ van den Hul Colibri Signature | TW-Acustic 10.5 w/ Benz LP-S (MR) | Origin Live Enterprise C 12“ w/ Ortofon MC Anna | TW-Acustic 10.5 w/ Lyra Atlas | in the drawer: Lyra Titan i | Ortofon MC 7500
 
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Brinkmann Lagrange with Ront.

To the right with Marantz Consolettes.... sometimes I wonder why I chase my tail with other phono stages
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To the left with the full blown Io with two supplies and volume controls with Eclipse status


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With 4 point, Brinkmann 12.1 and FR 64s

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I built this turntable about 10+ years ago with the help of Thom Mackris of Galibier Designs I'm using his bearing assembly, motor and speed control. The Tri-Planar "tribute" tonearm I made last year and it is a big step up from the Rega RB900 that I used previously. The cartridge is a ZYX Fuji.
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A bit of rearranging so I could get my LP12 up and running again. It's sounding great with Lyra Delos cart running thru the TW phono stage. All 4 tables up and running to play at any time.
From left
LP12 / Naim ARO / Lyra Delos
Technics SP10mk3 / Thales Simplicity II / Lyra Atlas Lambda SL
Pioneer Exclusive P3 / Lyra Etna SL
TW Acoustik AC-3 / SME 3012R / Dynavector XV-1S

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My favorite turntable in the rotation. Looks quaint, but this 1966 Garrard Lab 80 sounds a whole lot better than what most would think. It has a Grado G+ cartridge with an 8MZ stylus.
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I designed and built the turntable - the result of many years experimentation.

You are quite right that the arm is a Naim ARO but the photo is a little out of date in that I now use the (similar looking) Tigerpaw Javelin - the armboard and record clamp are now different too.
 
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I designed and built the turntable - the result of many years experimentation.

You are quite right that the arm is a Naim ARO but the photo is a little out of date in that I now use the (similar looking) Tigerpaw Javelin - the armboard and record clamp are now different too.

U r right. The Tigerpaw looks like a copy of the ARO.
Does it sound better or different to an ARO?
 
It actually looks more like an ARO than it really is - if that makes sense?

Sound wise I would say it a significant improvement on the ARO.
 
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My Oracle Delphi V went back to the Mothership in early December, returning a few days before Christmas as a Delphi VI Reference and almost 40 pounds heavier due to the new granite plinth. Sitting on the floor adjacent the rack is Oracle's premium Turbo power supply. The arm is an SME V hosting a Benz LP-S cartridge.

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