[Nickthedentist]

Yes, I love those Philips turntables too; lovely styling and amazing performance for their price, i.e. I think they sound better than many very expensive setups.

I note that yours is one the tiny ones with a 10” platter, short arm and dustcover that needs to be lifted off and set aside when playing a record, but still excellent performers. I have a 308 somewhere as well.

Years ago, I had the GF808, the same thing but with an inbuilt amplifier, and two extremely compact 2-way sealed speaker systems.

I also have the very common 212 and 312 (the same thing in most ways but with LEDs rather than incandescent lamps, and auto lift at the end of side as opposed to just switching off the motor).

Finally, I have a slightly older version with two belts and an intermediate pulley, though I’ve never quite finished completing repairing the arm which was badly damaged in transit.