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RE: My Thorens TD-125 Woes Are Over

Posted by Munkie_NL (A) on June 1, 2017 at 00:37:32

In Reply to: My Thorens TD-125 Woes Are Over posted by AudioSoul on May 31, 2017 at 13:31:11:

Phew that's a lot of money for 1970s stuff. I paid 350 euro a couple of years back for a working Td125 with an SME 3009 S2 arm. I don't know if I would do it again.

I have just been working on a TD160 from the attic. It was a gimme from a couple of years back. It had a wobble, bent motor shaft. With a few drops of oil the motor is running OK though. I mounted an Ortofon Super OM 10 cartridge. It kept jumping up and down quite nervously. Maybe the wobbly motor?

Anyway even with these issues the TD160 plays fine with a good record, and hooked up to a good phono preamp. Prices for old Thorens TT have gone through the roof IMHO.

A few vintage brands i can recommend based on 17 years of buying, fixing and selling are:

Philips (212,312,800/900 series) and Aristona clones.
Akai AP100/206/306.
Pioneer Pl-12(d)/Pl-112.

These TT can still be had for around 50 euro on the used market. 100 euro extra for a decent new cartridge. Fix them up and set them up properly. Hook them up to a good phono preamp. Then the next problem arises. Where to get good old stock records?

"The torture never stops"

Greetings Freek.

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