Thorens TD 160 Turntable project for Sale

[tinpan]

Yep, now you can have the chance to have your very own  turntable project. I bought this Thorens TD 160 about a year ago. I believe the rear of the tone arm is bent down a little. The counter weight was wobbly, but I took it off and looked at it and tightened the little screw and it doesn't wobble now.

Supposedly this unit was rebuilt and added to this nice plinth. Everything does seem to work, except for the bent tone arm. You may get it and decide it's not bent and the table works fine. Anyway, I paid $495 for it without a cartridge. I'm selling it for $300, without a cartridge. I also have a brand new dustcover for it I'll include if I can find the shipping box for it.

As is, it would make a nice table project if someone wants to upgrade the tone arm. I do accept Paypal. Plus shipping

[Steve_Rynn]

I have been thinking about upgrading my mmf 2.2 - message sent

[tinpan]

Hi Steve,

I got your PM with the following question:

Also, I am pretty new to all of this and am looking into cartridge / tonearm recommendations now, but if you could give me an idea of what a few good options are I would really appreciate it. I guess I just need to figure out how much more I will need to put into it

To be honest with you, I am not sure how much of an upgrade this would be over what you currently have. If someone were knowledgeable  about tonearm upgrades, and it sounds like that isn't you or me, this would be a good project for them. If I had someone local to me that could upgrade the tonearm or make it work correctly, I would keep it. I had a friend look at it and he suggested the tone arm may be bent. I think you would be better looking for something ready to go.

If you still want shipping info let me know, but I don't think this is a project you want to take on.

Thanks

Tinpan

[Reverend]

Beautiful table Tinpan.  I'm not a turntable expert by any means but looking at the pictures, if the arm is bent you probably just want to replace it.  You might luck out and find parts, thorens arms show up all the time but it's a crap shoot.  If you're looking to upgrade to a fancier arm like a SME, etc, you will have to modify the metal cover.  The current one looks specific to the arm.  So, it might be as simple as either: 1) being able to modify the hole cut out of the metal cover but it wouldn't look as nice or custom.  2) You'd have to place a new plate cover that has specific holes drilled for your new tonearm.

Again, i'm going by the picture.  If this is a suspension table which i'm guessing it is, that's why there is a square hole cut out, you'd have to look to see how it was mounted to the suspension.  It is a good project, beautiful table, but it would take some know how.  But, if you can find a thorens tonearm replacement, it wouldn't be that bad.

[tinpan]

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lol...yes I want to repy to this and bump it. I need to move this on to a new home. Price reduced to $200, I spent $500 when I bought iras a refurbished turntable, another $100 for the dust cover. I waited a year before I used it and discovered the tone arm was bent.

This would be a great base for someone to add a nice arm to.

Price reduced to $200

[tinpan]

Hee hee sold locally for $300