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Originally Posted by donovansmith And how much is a Thorens TD 166 Mk II with a TP21 tonearm worth in rather worn condition without any extra parts and in need of a new weight and string and in need of a speed adjustment (seems to be non-trivial on this table)? I'm listening to the table and it seems to sound pretty good despite the issues it has. I probably won't be able to send it out until tomorrow anyway, so I might as well look into alternatives.

I paid mine 40$, without cartridge, needs a paint job on the wood plint and the dust cover is badly scratched. But it's 100% working.

 

[marios_mar]

the antiskate mechanism is nothing more than what you described.

the higher pitch could be due to a defective belt or motor.

try another belt. if the problem persists it could be the motor.

that was the case with my TD-150. And to replace with a new one it will cost as much as you bought your TT.

I would just return it and aim for a

TD-150 or
a TD-125 MKII with a stroboscope.

These two Thorens TTs have the old not so torquey but quietter Swiss motor. I have heard both tables and I can suggest both of them as superior Thorens models.

Return it and try to get one of the above models. Btw the TD-150 is like a small Linn LP12. Its the table Linn copied actually.

I am currently looking for a motor for it. I missed one on ebay a few weeks ago!

 

[averydonovan]

I'll be sending the table back tommorrow.

I wonder if I should even try to get another turntable through a place like Ebay or Audiogon since it does carry quite a lot of risk and I've had two so far that haven't worked out. I guess I should just try to save up for a new turntable with a warranty from a dealer like Todd the Vinyl Junkie or Audio Advisor. It'd be a lot more expensive, but then again the route I'm going now is costing lots of money too. I just wouldn't be able to afford even an entry-level table like the Music Hall MMF-2.1 until either late this year or early next year, so I'll have some vinyl sitting around for quite a while waiting to be played.

 

[audiopile]

I sold these back in the day:
1.) The anti-skate was pretty much as you describe it - you moved the monofilament to different notches to acheive differing amounts of anti-skate.If memory serves - they diid have a heavier weight that was only used at something like 3 grams tracking force. Frankly the anti-skate on most tonearms in this era was by guess and by gosh - the only real way to even get it close was to use the blank or groveless area on a test disc and set it up to not move in or out on this area of the test record.
2.) Used to get a fair number of GI's coming back with these from Germany - is there any chance your's has a 50Hz motor in it? These will run fast on our 60Hz AC line.

 

[lini]

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Originally Posted by audiopile I sold these back in the day: 2.) Used to get a fair number of GI's coming back with these from Germany - is there any chance your's has a 50Hz motor in it? These will run fast on our 60Hz AC line.

I already thought about that possibility - but if that was the case, the synchroneus motor should be off by 20 %, shouldn't it?

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[Anders]

I also thought about this possibility and noticed that the speed was only 10 percent up instead of 20. But I forgot that is was powered by 120V instead of 220 and that could make the motor too weak. Or the belt was really worn out.