Welcome to the dark side. This is by far the finest, most stunning TD-124 that we've auditioned. It's been painstakingly rebuilt and upgraded by Gregory Metz of STS turntables, and is a true masterpiece of audio art. Initially mounted on a walnut plinth, we added a beautiful macassar ebony plinth with matching armboard. The details are everything on this table. From gloss black top plate, and the stunning brazilwood headshell, to the rebuilt and rewired ESL 2000 tonearm sporting a Ortofon SL-15 cartridge, this is a TD-124 the likes of which you will not likely see again.
- Production
- 1959
- Condition
- 10/10
- Serial No.
- 13365
- Orig. MSRP
DM 440 (1957)
$99.95 (1961)
- Restoration
- Tonearm rebuilt & rewired
- Added Swiss-made brazilwood headshell
- Fully rebuilt original motor
- Replaced all internal wiring
- New Audiosilente idler wheel
- New stroboscope mirror
- All moving parts cleaned and lubricated
- Chassis professionally painted in gloss black automotive finish
- Mounted on custom macassar ebony plinth
- Specs
Speeds 4-speed variable speed (+-3%)
Platter 12", 11.5lbs table with separate non-magnetic aluminium shell cover
Drive precision built motor with extra compliant belt plus idler isolates motor vibration
Power 100/250V, 50/60Hz
Wow / flutter / rumble exceeds NAB specifications
Armboard replaceable tonearm mounting board for 12" and 16" arms
Idler Wheel Audiosilente 60-001, sintered bronze bushing
Tonearm ESL 2000
Headshell Swiss-made brazilwood
Cartridge Ortofon SL-15
Dimensions 17"W x 7"H x 14.5"D (with walnut plinth)
Weight 33.5 lbs
- Documentation
Thorens TD-124 Brochure (1959)
- The History of Thorens
- Thorens is the oldest name in entertainment electronics, founded in 1883 by Hermann Thorens in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. An initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements, they started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903. In 1928, Thorens produced their first electric motor-drive record player, and went ...
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- Liner Notes
"The TD 124 has long been recognized as the Rolls-Royce of transcription motors. It is as solidly made as our Garrard 301 and 401, but has one or two special features of merit. The Garrard takes its drive from a stepped pulley on the motor via a rubber-tyred idler to the turntable. The Thorens interposes a light flat rubber belt between the motor and the separate stepped pulley which drives the idler. This stepped pulley is solid with the main frame, and so prevents any motor vibration , whatever its direction, from reaching the turntable via the drive."
-R.L. West, HiFi News, July 1966
- Stock No.
- 8000794001629
Welcome to the dark side. This is by far the finest, most stunning TD-124 that we've auditioned. It's been painstakingly rebuilt and upgraded by Gregory Metz of STS turntables, and is a true masterpiece of audio art. Initially mounted on a walnut plinth, we added a beautiful macassar ebony plinth with matching armboard. The details are everything on this table. From gloss black top plate, and the stunning brazilwood headshell, to the rebuilt and rewired ESL 2000 tonearm sporting a Ortofon SL-15 cartridge, this is a TD-124 the likes of which you will not likely see again.
Production
1959
Condition
10/10
Serial No.
13365
Orig. MSRP
DM 440 (1957)
$99.95 (1961)
Restoration
- Tonearm rebuilt & rewired
- Added Swiss-made brazilwood headshell
- Fully rebuilt original motor
- Replaced all internal wiring
- New Audiosilente idler wheel
- New stroboscope mirror
- All moving parts cleaned and lubricated
- Chassis professionally painted in gloss black automotive finish
- Mounted on custom macassar ebony plinth
Specs
Speeds 4-speed variable speed (+-3%)
Platter 12", 11.5lbs table with separate non-magnetic aluminium shell cover
Drive precision built motor with extra compliant belt plus idler isolates motor vibration
Power 100/250V, 50/60Hz
Wow / flutter / rumble exceeds NAB specifications
Armboard replaceable tonearm mounting board for 12" and 16" arms
Idler Wheel Audiosilente 60-001, sintered bronze bushing
Tonearm ESL 2000
Headshell Swiss-made brazilwood
Cartridge Ortofon SL-15
Dimensions 17"W x 7"H x 14.5"D (with walnut plinth)
Weight 33.5 lbs
Documentation
Thorens TD-124 Brochure (1959)
The History of Thorens
Thorens is the oldest name in entertainment electronics, founded in 1883 by Hermann Thorens in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. An initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements, they started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903. In 1928, Thorens produced their first electric motor-drive record player, and went ...
[ Read More ]
Liner Notes
"The TD 124 has long been recognized as the Rolls-Royce of transcription motors. It is as solidly made as our Garrard 301 and 401, but has one or two special features of merit. The Garrard takes its drive from a stepped pulley on the motor via a rubber-tyred idler to the turntable. The Thorens interposes a light flat rubber belt between the motor and the separate stepped pulley which drives the idler. This stepped pulley is solid with the main frame, and so prevents any motor vibration , whatever its direction, from reaching the turntable via the drive."
-R.L. West, HiFi News, July 1966
Stock No.
8000794001629
