TD125 was such an interesting challenge that I decided to spare no effort to Well as a Thorens 160 and various other promising vintage turntables, but this I already had a couple of Lenco turntables on the go in my workshop, as Outfitted with a tonearm that has also achieved legendary status, an SME 3009 Was not without issues, naturally, being a machine over 40 years old. That remains impressive even in this day of computer controlled lathes.Ī decent quality sample of the TD125 came into my hands early this year. The TD125 was intended to be the state of theĪrt for vinyl playback in 1968, and featured advanced features and build quality TD150, its first belt drive model, with a floating suspension similar to theĪR turntable introduced in 1961. The TD125 came a bit later, after Thorens had introduced the modest but successful High mechanical noise from the motor seem to me difficult to tame and prevent It’s a fascination I can’tĬomprehend fully, perhaps never having listened to it’s song, but the relatively On exotic plinths fetching many thousands of dollars. One of the revered tables among collectors today, with fully restored machines Linn and its peers appeared in the 1970s. Thorens was a well-established Swiss brand of quality turntables long before This is the story of one restoration of a 40+ year old turntable, with an SME 3009 II tonearm. The Thorens TD125 is a vintage classic still in demand among vinyl record enthusiasts today.
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