#SME TONEARM TO A THORENS TD 160 MODS#

The Rega arms will stand up in the company of the SMEs without embarrassment sonically and give you more than you expect. i did recently change my phonostage its output resistance is 100k the pot on my passive is also 100k really took my audio to new. i wonder if like me when one first buys a Thorens the following days are a bit of an anti climax. Since you have lived with the Thorens for so long, then it is not an issue of money, but of enjoyment and quality. In all my years a Thorens TD150/160/160super will not really be beaten. Search: Thorens Td 160 Motor Thorens Td160 Turntable With Sme 3009 Tonearm. I'm not sure if you're aware, but the cheapest SME you list sells for $1550. Thorens TD160 Fitted with Thorens TP16 tonearm and Shure MM cartridge - with. Thorens TD-125 with Shure SME 3009 Wonderful turntable from 1969 with. If you have the cash, and aren't attached to your 'table emotionally, then for the price of the arms you listed you could get quite a serious rig, or even one of the new Thorenses which come with Rega arms included, the 850 particularly getting good reviews, a true high-end 'table, and selling new for $900 including Rega arm, though you wouldn't recognize it as a Thorens. Vintage Thorens TD-160 Turntable vs Thorens TD-165 Turntable: Comparison of. Parking it on a wall shelf Suspended tables like it on the wall. Mounting a different Tonearm, SME 3009 Improved. This page documents modifications done to my TD-160 and reports how well they worked.

#SME TONEARM TO A THORENS TD 160 MODS#

I buy old classics all the time and tweak them to their best performance, but there is a limit beyond which it is no longer economically feasible. Thorens essentially used the above list of Trayhorn mods and based them on its TD160 mkII in AB configuration. It will be installed on my new Thorens TD-125 MK II restoration which I hope to have in May. A Rega RB250 will give you a great leap in performance over the Thorens arm for a fraction of the price of those SMEs you listed, with an arguably equivalent sound quality. It pivots to something even better manufactured in Japan that will be available in Q2 on all of the Vinyl Nirvana models based around the Thorens TD-160 Super and TD-125 turntables. Faradayblue, I'm not saying it's not worth upgrading, I'm saying it's not worth the expense of current SMEs.

Sme tonearm to a thorens td-160