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Comments: TD125mk2 / SME3009S2 'improved' / Shure V15III, early 70's. Got it from Ebay for real money but it's a "sound" investment. Seen here with a Pioneer Pl-12D headshell, i use it with the SME headshell now with an Ortofon Super OM20, mainly for classical.
Comments: 'Bought this TD145mk1 off a classifieds site here in Holland. Used it for a while with a Denon DL-160, excellent for classical/opera but too polite for rock IMHO. The TP16 arm, often looked down upon, performed fine with this low compliance MC. I sold the TT later on, you can't keep them all.
Comments: TD145 mkII, circa 1979. This is the one that started it all. I bought it for 5 euro on a fleamarket. Heavily modified, everything is damped with bitumen tape, homemade 22mm MDF plinth and bottom plate, Van den Hul wiring, separate ground cable, Ortofon Super OM20 cartridge.
Note the Thorens factory logo on the belt. The one we all want to get.
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Comments: TD166 mkI, circa 1975. I found it in a thriftstore for 20 euro in very good condition so i couldn't resist. I'll keep this one original for the collection.
Comments: TD150 mkII, circa 1971. I won this one on a "live" auction for 12 euro! Alas without the little counterweight and anti skating weight, but i had a couple of Lenco parts. With a few drops of sewing machine oil the motor spins nice and quiet again. With complete documentation: the English manual and two original brochures in Dutch! I'll keep it as it is for the collection.