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i have been looking this morning.
Got a strange look when I had a picture of a stylus on the TV with music playing.
Some good tracks too.👍
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Originally posted by Marco Patschinsky Marco Patschinsky wrote:

Thanks,
i have a TD126 MKIII with a SME 3009 S2 improved with an Elac 794E and a TD 150MK2 with Goldring 1042, but broken needle.

I am biased on both decks, as in the past I never got them sound exciting.
The 126 in a croft / Harbeth setting, the 150 in a naim / Harbeth setting.

Both are serviced right now (belt, oil, setup,) and were when I used them.
To me they sounded dull, not dynamic, rhythmic imprecise and a bit rattling.
I prefered my digital setup over them.
However, I am sure one with a deeper knowledge would have set them up better.

What I don't want, is to start a hobby with restoring old turntables piece by piece to get them sound right somewhere in the future. Therefore I am careful to put to much money into these old decks.
I am afraid they will act like old cars, where you are constantly working on them. 
     

Hi

I am not going to comment on belt vs DD as I have no knowledge of DD. But I do have a 45 year old Thorens TD160 and also a 2016 Rega Planar 3, which I have tweaked including Neo PSU.

All I will say is that well serviced and maintained, the Thorens is not dissimilar in performance to the Rega, to me both are engaging, dynamic and musical.

However, this for me at least had as much to do with cartridge and phono stage as anything, and I saw a major improvement when I switched to GS phono stages. 

As you have now got a GS stage on its way, maybe in the first instance look to see what difference that makes to your set up, and also cartridge/stylus. Evaluate one change at a time and then decide if your TT is still the limiting factor for your listening environment before investing more in a TT that may or may not be an improvement over what you have.

cheers
Derek


Edited by DT999 - 08 Feb 2021 at 1:04am
Rega Planar 3 > Accession MM / Thorens TD160 > Reflex M > Modwright LS100 tube preamp > Solo ULDE / Proprius > Monitor Audio Silver 500 / 2 x SVS SB1000 subwoofers
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