[sdiy] slightly OT: tube design of preamp

[Rude 66]

this is almost too funny. i had a td160, and it had a coin on the cartridge.
always. somehow it needed that, and it was fine. i remember taking it home
on the tram here in amsterdam, with that *&^%$ plateau weighing several
kg's. anyone complaining about the weight of sl1200's should start lifting
thorens's on a daliy basis..;-)
i gave mine away when i wanted my record players to have pitch control. but
i've seen these thorens prqactically being given away, like tape recorders..
shame, shame. in 20 years they'll be collectors items like the vinyl..;-)

r./



----- Original Message -----
From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
To: "harrybissell" <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] slightly OT: tube design of preamp


> Quothe harrybissell, from writings of Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at
08:23:05PM -0700:
> > in college I had an old Thorens turntable...  with a nickle epoxied
> > to the tonearm shell.  The operant term is "old"...  the tonearm was
> > designed for a much heavier cartridge.  The coin provided the
> > necessary weight to counter-balance the normal range of adjustment.
>
> Hmmm... what model was your Thorens?  I remember having to tape coins
> to the tonearms of old BSR turntables many years ago for scratched
> records.
>
> > Of course a lot of people 'dissed' my turntable, thinking it was
> > incapable of tracking properly...  I ran it at about 2.5gms which
> > worked well for all the records that were flat...  ;^P
>
> My Thorens TD-160 seems to track everything, including the most warped
> records.  It's got an old Shure V15 series III cartridge with a new
> Shure stylus, tracking at 1 gram.  The only problem is that it won't
> play 78 RPM records.
>
> > H^) harry   (now plays CDs)
>
> :-)
>
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