EXPIRED For Sale Thorens TD 124 MK 1 Turntable and Tonearm Package

Further Information

Thorens TD 124 MK 1 IN Pristine condition

Serviced before i imported it and unused since  

Has Schoppers solid machined plinth and isolated armboard installed along with schoppers mushrooms  

Rare black edition SME 3009R arm The last pic is of the Shopper base 

Plinth

WOOD CONSOLE SOLID DESIGN

Our "Solid Design" plinth was developed to satisfy demands for a massive plinth which could deliver real sonic improvements (NOT the case with many of the replacement plinths we've encountered, which are sonically detrimental to the TD 124's performance). Designed with full respect for the mechanical and aesthetic properties of the original Thorens plinth, it is visually indistinguishable from it once the chassis is mounted. The plinth is made from two-and-a-half layers of laminated, carefully aged and selected Swiss wood and finished with 8 coats of hand-finished, high-gloss varnish.

The plinth comes with plastic feet and is supplied with the rubber mushrooms which decouple the chassis from the plinth. You can also mount spikes instead of the plastic feet. They must have a 6M thread.

The "Solid Design" Plinth delivers the following clear improvements:

Acoustic feedback is all but eliminated. The design achieves a degree of isolation which, in extreme cases, even allows positioning of the turntable next to the speaker! Wall mounting is no longer necessary.

A more balanced overall sonic presentation.

Tighter, more precise bass

Increased dynamic contrast.

Arm board

DECOUPLED LAMINATED TONEARMBOARD FOR TD 124

The new, further improved version of our decoupled tonearm board for the Thorens TD 124 is now available.

It is of laminate material with phoneloc resin, which is precision machined with a CNC milling machine. A professional car painter is doing black finish.

Three rubbers which are embedded in the board, decouple the tonearm from the chassis of the turntable and thus eliminate any vibration of the drive again significantly.

With the three specially custom made screws the tonearm is mount onto the turntable chassis. New threaded bushings are inserted in order to easily and efficiently assemble the SME base on the board. Four matching screws are included.

The advantages over a normal wooden board is the efficient decoupling from the chassis. The material used is solid harder than wood. Thus, mechanical vibrations, which belong to the sound are not absorbed.
Soundwise the decoupled laminated board sounds louder than the wooden board and has a better bass reproduction. It lost no information.