Forgot to mention that adding a 3/4 mdf base instead of the fiberboard was a cheap improvement. I also ordered leveling spikes from parts express. For $30 they are an easy way to level this table. Check out http://www.theanalogdept.com/ for more tweaks. Look in the area for the TD 160. Same table but without auto lift.
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)
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