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The TD124 Dept.

Above image:  An early Thorens TD124 gets back into spinning vinyl during the winter of 2007.  This Thorens stands in a solid slate base courtesy of Jonathan Weiss at Oswald's Mill. The tonearm is the notorious Graham 2.2,  a unipivot design  with 'adjustable everything'.  The cartridge is the Ortofon MC Jubilee.  The armboard was manufactured here at The Analog Dept out of solid Ebony.  The sonic results were very good.  However, after many listening sessions, I found that I preferred something in the way of arms and cartridges that is a bit less refined to mate with this Thorens.  More

The TD124 restoration project spins vinyl at The Analog Dept.  A project of discovery re: the TD124

Another acquisition: a 2nd TD124   You can't just have one.

 

rotor02.jpg (69944 bytes) A TD124 in disassembly Courtesy of Eric Breckpot (Belgium)

Technical drawings

BTD12S03.jpg (67348 bytes) BTD12S  A design that inspired the EMT 929

Manuals:

TD124  Owners Manual in English

TD124 Service Manual in English Thanks to JaS at The Vinyl Engine for this upload.

TP14 tonearm as fitted to the TD124 mkII

Pabst_01.jpg (122605 bytes) Pabst Service Bulletins Pabst_02.jpg (173025 bytes)

links to useful TD124 sites on the web

http://www.analogue-classics.com/  Holger's extensive collection of Thorens turntables

http://members.myactv.net/~je2a3/analogpl.htm highly creative diy site with many useful TD124 notes.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/pantone/thorens/index.htm A very useful description of TD124 motor maintenance

http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/td124page.html an informative and very useful page for the TD124 and TD224 

tdw224_1.jpg (56459 bytes) The TDW224.  A derivative of the TD124 and 135.  The TDW224 provides full automatic changer functions without suffering the errors of constantly changing vta.

 

TD124 history book:  This is the story of the TD124 and the company that built it.

Revised 2nd Edition in English  I have a copy and do recommend this book to anyone who enjoys owning the TD124.

 

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note: there is no affiliation to any of the sites linked on this page.  I just recommend them.