Thorens Launches "New Reference" Turntable

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how much they gonna take off the price cause it is not very good looking? Dang near looks close and play.
 

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2 tone arms; 1 for the left channel, 1 for the right.
(just kidding)

Think I'll keep the Technics SL2000 bought back in the day.
Only issue ever had was the viscous damped cueing fluid needed refreshing.


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Dayam.... You can fit 3 arms on it

The Thorens New Reference can be equipped with up to 3 tonearm bases and can accommodate tonearms of 9", 10", and 12" inches. In addition to the newly developed TP160 cutting bearing tonearm with a length of 12" inches and continuous silver cabling, the Thiele TA01 tonearm is also used.
 

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Wow, I have had my 1957 Thorens TD 124 since 1970.
I rebuilt it top to bottom a few years back, and it performs flawlessly.
This new Thorens looks as if it was made by Acoustic Signature:

Turntables - Acoustic Signature - The NEO series (acoustic-signature.com)

Dubbed the "Neo" series, note that the NEO Invictus weighs 130Kg or 286 Pounds !!!!!!!
Really dates me I guess, but I will stick with my TD 124.

1957 Thorens TD 124  Rebuilt.jpg
 

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Pretty much IMHO they are all ugly and not something I'd want to look at or use. 4 tonearms seem a bit too much, all my tables [ AR-XA, Garrard Lab 80, Pioneer PL-12D, Yamaha PX-3 only have one arm each and work just fine that way.
 

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Thorens has been a strong company over the years and has the engineering chops to launch a serious assault on the state of the art, which this may be, so I'm just gonna say it's a prime example of form following function and leave it at that.

If you can't say anything nice...
 
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