Turntable Thorens TD 1500

In 1965, the Thorens TD 150, an inconspicuous little turntable, came onto the market and thus started a technical revolution in record player manufacturing. For the first time, a spring-loaded sub-chassis with an inner platter driven by a ground flat belt was used in a mass-produced device.

Like its famous model, the Thorens TD 1500 is operated purely manually. The record player has a sub-chassis that decouples the turntable and tone arm board from the motor and frame by means of three conical springs. In contrast to the TD 150, these springs can be adjusted from above through corresponding holes in the turntable, which makes correct adjustment much easier.

The speed of the DC motor is electronically monitored by an incremental encoder and any deviations, e.g. caused by a broom, are automatically corrected. This also enables very good synchronisation values. As a real unique selling point in its class, the TD 1500 has XLR outputs in addition to the usual pair of RCA sockets, thus enabling true balanced operation with a suitable MC cartridge.

Newly developed tone arm Thorens TP 150
The new TP 150 tonearm is similar to the TP 124 used on the new TD 124 DD. It has an effective mass of 14 grams, is adjustable in height and azimuth and is equipped with a standard SME connection, so that nothing stands in the way of changing the headshell or equipping it with a different cartridge. The anti-skating is adjusted by a sliding weight in the arm base, which is adjusted by a nylon thread guided over a ruby bearing.

A high-quality and pre-adjusted 2M Bronze cartridge from the Danish cartridge specialist Ortofon is also supplied as standard. With its naked diamond with fine line cut, it proves to be the perfect playing partner.