Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux

Posted by raya (P) on May 5, 2015 at 07:03:16

I replaced the stock motor plate and tone arm board with 4mm carbon fiber ones. I installed both last night and listened through headphones. This morning, before going into work, I took a quick listen.

Seems to work fine but whether it better than the ones I replaced it with is yet to be determined. However, initial listening seems to give this a slight edge.

With all the mods, this table is incredibly quiet, dynamic and detailed. As a quick reminder, I replaced the faulty motor with an Origin live, which is doing a wonderful job! Added a Mitchell Technoarm and just got my Glider back from Soundsmith.

Finally, It rests on a sandbox with two slabs of granite on top. This does a great job of isolating it from mechanical vibrations.

In general, I am really pleased with this final version and now I can focus my energy on other aspects of my system.

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Topic - Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:03:16 05/05/15 (10)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - AudioSoul 12:15:28 05/06/15 (1)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 14:28:31 05/06/15 (0)

Uh, there's no reason for separate posts for each photo. - Opus 33 1/3 08:50:58 05/05/15 (1)

RE: Uh, there's no reason for separate posts for each photo. - raya 09:50:48 05/05/15 (0)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:04:34 05/05/15 (5)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:05:29 05/05/15 (4)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:06:11 05/05/15 (3)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:06:45 05/05/15 (2)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:07:11 05/05/15 (1)

RE: Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux - raya 07:09:21 05/05/15 (0)

Highly modded Thorens TD850 redux

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