Thorens TD 147 - Much Needed Service

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• RJ

  @RJW3369 · 4 days ago

  Great video.  Really nice table and built to service.  Thanks for sharing  your content.. taught me so much about vintage turntable repair...

• AR

  @ArsenicPants84 · 4 days ago

  I hope I can have a closer look at a Thorens at some point soon myself; they look like beautiful machines. This was a nice look into them though. Thanks a tonne!

• GO

  @goodun2974 · 2 days ago

  Some Thorens and B&O turntables used the exact same belts.

• FR

  @FrankSchmidt-p8j · 4 days ago

  Thank you for saying "Torens"! 😊

• GO

  @goodun2974 · 2 days ago

  For DIY audio guys, note that the screw securing the shield over the tonearm wires is a Pozidrive screw, not an ordinary Philips; some of the other screws, such as those securing the cable clamp, appear to be ordinary Philips (the clamp sxrews might not be original, since the cables had been changed). Pozi (often seen used in European furniture and Euro speaker cabinets) and Philips *are not the same*, so use the correct screwdriver bit or risk stripped and chewed screw heads &nbsp;(especially on a speaker cabinet). Elsewhere inside, Thorens uses slotted, straightblade screws....😡 <br><br>I used to sell these almost 40 years ago, and the TD145 or 146 as well. The platter drive system is good, but I didn&apos;t care for their flimsy, resonant tonearms, nor for the fiddly cartridge-mounting scheme with the screws hidden from view, not protruding through the headshell. The arm doesn&apos;t have any VTA adjustment, and so spacers may be required between the cartridge and headshell. If the cartridge body is tall, you may end up with negative VTA and no way to adjust it! &nbsp;<br><br>Note that the wall wart power supply is low voltage AC output, not DC, therefore it can still radiate a hum field into the RCA cables if they&apos;re not well shielded (and these non-original RCA cables look thin and skimpy). The AC motor is synchronous, it&apos;s speed regulated by the AC line frequency; and being an AC motor can last nearly forever, withiut speed drift. I once owned a TD115 with DC motor; the speed was drift-prone and the pitch adjust was so finicky I had to modify the circuit to make it usable. And yes, the TD115 arm was crap.

• GO

  @goodun2974 · 2 days ago

  The TD125 may be harder to work on but it&apos;s a much better turntable and you can put the tonearm of your choice on it.

• CO

  @cooper6086 · 4 days ago

  👍

• DA

  @Dan-vb3ju · 4 days ago

  Hey that was the same model I told u about I fixed. The optical sensor is a led and when it goes to the end lifts the arm. Also change those diodes to 1n4007, and change the caps

• GO

  @goodun2974 · 2 days ago (edited)

  YouTube captions are so silly: &quot;Torens&quot; translates as Torrance (Cali), and London Audio as <b>Lenin</b> Audio!

• ST

  @storm-sf5rj · 4 days ago (edited)

  i have 2 Thorens TD166 Mk2 Turntables and my main one had a Goldring 1006 Cartridge on it when i bought it about 20 years ago and they still make that Cartridge today,i upgraded it to the 1042 so i was wondering what the Goldring cartridge was as it looks like the same family, as like the AT you can upgrade the stylus to a higher level the 1006 is the Elliptical and the 1042 is a Fine Line type similar the Shibata &nbsp;of the AT

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• LE

  @len9518 · 3 days ago

  At the beginning, you said it had never been serviced, but at the 17 ninute mark, you referred to &quot;the other shop.&quot;

• EV

  @evileyeball · 4 days ago

  There are reasons why Every single time I&apos;ve moved in my life I&apos;ve carried my audio equipment MYSELF to my new home and never trusted it with movers.