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Monty Sexton's TD150
Custom plinth. RB300 tonearm with Shure mm cartridge.
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Monty's comments:
Plinth modifications
- The plinth was replaced with a solid wood plinth made from 3/4" Zebra wood, which is very dense.
- The bottom cover was replaced with 3/4" Birch plywood recessed halfway into the plinth. Damping material was placed between where the plinth areas make contact w/bottom cover.
- Externally mounted IEC male AC connector.
- Externally mounted 1/4" RCA phono jacks. (Great for trying different IC's)
- The feet were replaced with 1" Iso Spikes in a 3-point configuration. But I have decided to replace the spikes with Clearaudio's Magix magnetic levitation isolation feet.
- Damping material was added to the sub-chassis to cut down resonance.
Main Chassis Modifications (top of table)
- Removed thin aluminum sheet metal, cueing & speed knobs, TP13A tonearm and original armboard.
- Replaced metal cover with a new piece of very thin aluminum.
- Installed a toggle switch for On/Off.
- Installed new solid wood armboard (made from same wood as plinth) to exact dimensions as original armboard.
Tonearm (TA) Modifications
- Replaced original TA w/a Rega RB300
- Replaced stock end stub & counterweight on the Rega w/a Michell Technoweight kit.
- Installed a VTA kit (setting the arm's VTA with this kit installed is a snap)
- Installed a Shure M97 XE cartridge (I'm going back to an ADC real soon)
Accessories
- New Thorens Stabilizer
- New Dust Shield (this is the same as those used on the new Thorens turntables)
After we add a Thorens Q-Up, strip & wrap the TA, do a TA rewire, and dampen the main & sub platters I hope to be done with this project. But then I have a whole new set of ideas for a TD166 that is waiting in the wings.
