Thorens TD 160 2 Speed Belt Drive Turntable With Stanton L747 Cartridge Read in Ironwood, Michigan

$350

I bought this used and was really happy because I knew how good it was.  But when I got it home and started reading about it I realized it was too good for me.  Too many adjustments I could get wrong and too sensitive to footsteps.  Also, the plinth was bent down toward the center on the left side.  I assumed the weight of the platter over the years had caused this but someone I mentioned this to said it's more likely the turntable was dropped.  I took it off its base and bent it back flat, and put a screw on the inside of the base to stop it from ever going down again.  I kept this around for a few years sort-of like a trophy or prized antique while I actually played my records on cheaper and much less finicky direct-drive turntables.When I decided to sell this and was looking it over I noticed I had put a P-mount adapter in the headshell.  I'm not sure I even tried playing a record on this but I remembered it was very hard finding screws that would fit, and I had to use spacers.  The Stanton L747 is one of my better old cartridges and the only one thin enough to fit between those spacers.  I'm not sure how worn the stylus is but it sounds good to me now.  I had some trouble getting the sound to come out of both channels, particularly the right channel.  I ended up spraying several doses of electronic cleaner into the socket where the headshell goes in.  It was fine when I disconnected everything but I don't know how long it will stay that way.  It's obviously problematic.  Also, this is the first turntable I ever had without a ground connection.  Supposedly one of the RCA cords is connected to ground but I can still hear a slight hum.  Enough so if I was to keep this I'd put a separate ground wire on it.Just about everything on this turntable that can be adjusted probably needs to be adjusted, but then anyone who would buy a turntable like this would probably check just about every adjustment anyway.  Just reading about the "bounce" and attempting to get it right was enough to set me off!  I didn't try to set up the cartridge at all.  That was just for testing purposes.  The platter takes a few seconds to get up to speed, and I noticed that when I took the rubber mat off and looked through the holes while rotating the platter by hand, the motor wheel seemed to stay in the same position.  It changes between 33 and 45 quite quickly so, if the belt is getting worn it's not bad yet.


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