I am not generally interested by vintage gear, but sometimes I like a lot.
My few favourites: Krell KPS cd player, Jadis JD1, Goldmund Reference turntable.
Here the Jadis JD1:
The Garrard 301 with white base and strobe platter. With the plain sided platter its OK, but the strobe takes it into another place. This used to be a TT under £30!
I love the looks of the Marantz and a TT1000 has long been on my “must try” list. However, on the one in your picture it’s a bizarre choice of tonearm - it looks like one that has been nicked off an '80s AR EB101. Even a lowly Rega RB250 would leave it for dead.
Speaking of Marantz, I rather liked the looks of my old Marantz PM4.
I know what you mean. When I was at school, my friend’s Dad had an LP12, CTA252XD and ARC101 speakers, so the Nytech holds a special place as my introduction to quality music playback.
My Focus One, probably 1980/2 I can’t remember exactly. Sold it to a friend to finance the purchase of my lp12. When my friend passed away his family gave it back to me. Wouldn’t part with it, so it sits in a box in the loft.
Back in the day I had a very early A&R A60. The A&R was in simple font and not the logo that came later, but I can’t find a picture of it. It was a lovely design in its wooden sleeve. What came next wasn’t really much better, but it too looked great. Delightfully simple.