Gurney said 'and it cost more than a weeks wages once'

In 1970 I'd no idea how I could afford the quality of sound I wanted but reckoned if I gave up smoking for a year that might just do it. After a month I came home proudly bearing my Connoisseur turntable, just the bit that goes round and the motor, no arm, no plinth, but I'd stopped smoking and never have since.

Still use my Transcriptors arm and Connoisseur Turntable also my filing cabinet size Kef speakers built 1970s
Sony TC377 r-r tape deck still good though has had repairs