Objective1 : I did the I/C replacement on my TD 160 and couldn't be happier..I turned my table over and removed the old cable as far back as I could ( not going back quite all the way ) and soldered in ( Vampire Wire ) a pair of nice RCAs on the back of my Thorens.Required drill 2 small 3/8" holes and the backside of deck to fit the Female RCA set ..Looks great and works great too..Pretty simple job,took about 1 hour..........
Old Thorens TD 145 vs. todays gear
I bought my wife a TD 145 back in 1977 as her first real turntable.
Needless to say i've been through a lot of gear since then but she is adamant about never getting rid of anything that still works...and this does...
...but i was wondering if anyone had any real comparison of that vintage table to any of todays comparable tables.. like the music hall series, or the Rega's
I'm thinking about putting a modern cartridge onto it and bringing it back into service. I have a Lukaschek pp-1 I could use...and i'm driving Wilson sophias with a Krell 400xi.
So i guesss three things:
1) how does this TD 145 compare to current $500-1k tables?
2.) What cartridge would be a good match?
3.) Are there any reasonable tweaks that provide a significant improvement without loss of features (this has the auto arm lift mechanism)
Needless to say i've been through a lot of gear since then but she is adamant about never getting rid of anything that still works...and this does...
...but i was wondering if anyone had any real comparison of that vintage table to any of todays comparable tables.. like the music hall series, or the Rega's
I'm thinking about putting a modern cartridge onto it and bringing it back into service. I have a Lukaschek pp-1 I could use...and i'm driving Wilson sophias with a Krell 400xi.
So i guesss three things:
1) how does this TD 145 compare to current $500-1k tables?
2.) What cartridge would be a good match?
3.) Are there any reasonable tweaks that provide a significant improvement without loss of features (this has the auto arm lift mechanism)