Thorens H3lp ??

[WDJ]

Check out:

http://www.vinylengine.com/

All sorts of tt info

[SEAWOLF97]

turns out the stylus that looked Ok was not. I discovered that QLM is ADC, and I had an extra stylus for it. subbed that in, and OH MY !!!!! I know there are better available ( in fact I have the old V-15 mk3 from the DUAL 701 thats not working) , but it sounds great now.

I was looking to go MORE automatic, and this table is completely MANUAL, but it sure sounds fine.

funny thing: 2 days ago I picked up an item in a thrift for $3. Put that on eBay and sold immediately for same price as I paid for the Thorens ( I talked her down by $140) so after eBay and PP fees, using that eBay money towards the TD-166....it ended up costing $9 out of pocket.

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The 4 gram weight could at 3 grams VTA in notch 1 work. juergen

Thanx for your help juergen , that is exactly how I ended up running it, tracks good.

[rs237]

Hello Seawolf,

The VTA for the QLM32MKIII are 2-4 grams . The 4 gram weight could at 3 grams VTA in notch 1 work. I would anyone with a lathe to ask me whether it the weight to 2 grams off might.

regards
juergen

ps the QLM32MKIII which is not a very good pickup system, the turntable would have a better deserves.

[SEAWOLF97]

Hello Seawolf,
regards
juergen

ps the QLM32MKIII which is not a very good pickup system, the turntable would have a better deserves.

RS237 - ( isnt that an old German triode tube ??) , you have been very helpfull , I had a feeling most replies on this would be from Germany. . Its funny, my daughter lives in Whuppertal and teaches English is the University there. MANY of my old records are there too , she nabbed "the good ones" when she came home last to use on her weekly radio show. She says her audience loves my '60's vinyl....especially 13th Floor Elevators and Electric Prunes ...

[rs237]

Hello Seawolf,

Yes correct, the RS237 is an old Telefunken triode.I am glad that I could help too.Greetings your daughter, I am 30 Miles from Wuppertal born.

regards

juergen

ps my beauty's

[SEAWOLF97]

Hello Seawolf,

Yes correct, the RS237 is an old Telefunken triode...ps my beauty's

Is that tube used any longer or just for collections ?? looks like a work of art

what is the speaker in your avatar ?

[rs237]

Hello Seawolf,

The speakers in my Avatar is my DIY Hartsfield. Here more Pictures

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet...ad.php?t=19890

With the tubes, I will build an amplifier. The work of art was only for thee.

regards

juergen

[SEAWOLF97]

Hello Seawolf,

The speakers in my Avatar is my DIY Hartsfield. Here more Pictures

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet...ad.php?t=19890

With the tubes, I will build an amplifier. The work of art was only for thee.

regards

juergen

Beautiful speaker !!!! will there be a pair ? (I build clocks .. http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...ad.php?t=19400 )

(your picture felt like looking in a mirror ....guy in his 50's , about 6 foot tall , beard and glasses ....like my doppleganger )

[SEAWOLF97]

Altho I am logged in, I can't view your Clock Picture!

Oh , you never signed up for "OFF TOPIC" ??

seawolf,

thats a beautiful bit of design and engineering. I hope you get working to its full potential. I WANT ONE

Rich

Rich ...I found this comment on "Stereophile" http://www.stereophile.com/artdudley.../406listening/

( actually a pretty interesting Thorens TD 124 blog )

"In the early 1990s, Naim Audio's then-distributor in Germany considered the basic TD 166 design so good that they used it as the platform for a well-regarded turntable they called the Phonosophie P1. "

[SEAWOLF97]

Actually I did, twice - but when nothing came of it I didn't push it. I just figured maybe my admission might have a "chilling effect" on conversations from some of the dudes that frequent that venue (present party excluded)!

you should "push it" , sure you have a lot to contribute..

[rs237]

Beautiful speaker !!!! will there be a pair ? (I build clocks .. http://audioheritage.org/vbulletin/s...ad.php?t=19400 )

(your picture felt like looking in a mirror ....guy in his 50's , about 6 foot tall , beard and glasses ....like my doppleganger )

Hello Seawolf,

yes it is a pair. I am still not signed up for "OFF TOPIC".But I have just asked to registration. Is there a Picture of you ,I am looking forward to the "Doppelgaenger"

regards
juergen

[SEAWOLF97]

Hello Seawolf,
. Is there a Picture of you ,I am looking forward to the "Doppelgaenger"

regards
juergen

no pictures of me...just look at yours and it will be close enough.

I looked today at ALL of the Thorens on eBay and even completed auctions and did not find any with a metal base like mine that matches the plinth. I got money off with the seller as the wood base was more desireable, now I dont know.

(it is metal, not painted wood - vey industrial looking )

[Krunchy]

Yeah, but how does it sound, how do you like it ?!

[Motus]

Seawolf, Brushed aluminum finish based is the way this model looked like when it was for sale some 30 years ago. I recently upgraded to a Linn LP12, worth every penny I may add, but I had kept my Thorens for over 25 years...

[loach71]

no pictures of me...just look at yours and it will be close enough.

I looked today at ALL of the Thorens on eBay and even completed auctions and did not find any with a metal base like mine that matches the plinth. I got money off with the seller as the wood base was more desireable, now I dont know.

(it is metal, not painted wood - vey industrial looking )

A Limited Edition metal-clad Thorens complete with a BiB dust bug!
WOW!

Upgrade to the ADC ZLM MkIII (Shibata stylus) and you will be even more pleasantly surprised! Should work wonders with the BGW preamp...

Very good acquisition there Wolf!