Thorens

Welcome to
August 2015
Table of Content
• Speaker
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• Welcome to Thorens
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• Vinyl Tradition
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• Thorens – The Phono Company
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• General Information
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• Our Website
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• Product Overviews
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• Helpful notes
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• Details Components - Tone arms
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• Special Services
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• Conclusion
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Speaker (HR)
Heinz Rohrer,
Thorens’ CEO and owner
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Welcome to Thorens
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Vinyl Tradition
Semper Opera Dresden, Germany
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Thorens – The Phono Company
History (1 / 4)
1883 Hermann Thorens founded the company in St. Croix, Switzerland, as a music box manufacturer
1889 Thorens produces the first cylinder phonograph
1906 Introduction on the market of the first horn gramophone for lateral-cut discs
1928 Release of the first electric motor drive
1940 Start of building an own professional record-cutting machine
1957 The TD 124 establishes worldwide quality standards of record players
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Thorens – The Phono Company
History (2 / 4)
1966 Thorens moved production of the TD 150 record player to Germany. The TD 150 ii followed in 1969
1972 Development of the TD 160 which writes history. In 1975, the 500.000th record player is built.
1976 The TD 126 replaces the TD 125 ii and catapults Thorens into the era of electronically powered belt transmissions.
1983 The company celebrates its centennial, offering absolute fans the luxurious “Prestige” record player
1889 The TD 2001: high-end turntable with solid wood casing and complex reinforcements is released
1998 Thorens launches the “ambiance” with an external power pack and solid cherry wood frame.
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Thorens – The Phono Company
History (3 / 4)
2000 - now
Thorens is once again run from Switzerland – The new CEO Heinz Rohrer
brings to the market: the 2010 awarded TD 309 and the TD 350, TD 550, etc.
as well as the new Thorens high-end electronics series including the TEM 3200 and the TEP 302 and 3800
2008: Thorens‘ 125th Anniversary (oldest consumer electronics manufacturer of the world)
2010:
Introduction of the TD 309 which sets new standards in analogue replay.
The turntable’s innovative three-point-suspension (Tri-Balance) ensures
Perfect balance in both mechanical and aesthetic terms.
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Thorens – The Phono Company
History (4 / 4)
2013: Introduction of the TD 206, TD 209 and new phono line MM 002 and MM 008 / MM 008 ADC
TD 206
TD 209
MM 002
MM 008
2014: Introduction of the TD 203
History
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Design, Precision, Exclusiveness since 1883
General Information Title page
General Information
Our Website (1 / 3)
NEWS
Languages
+ Events
OUR PRODUCTS
Support
Contact
(Downloads,
Distributors,
(Turntables,
Press Electronics,
area (news,
photos etc.;
Product Registration,
MusicRegister
and Accessories)
once: [email protected])
Service + Warranty and
Downloads
Technical
(Specifications, user
manualsdatabase)
and reviews)
List of Thorens distributors
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Our Website (2 / 3)
- In our ‘press’ section you have
access to high-resolution product
pictures, press releases and
Thorens logos for your marketing
collateral.
-Please ask us for a user name
and password to get access.
Because of possible copyright infringement this area is passwordprotected
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Our Website (3 / 3)
General Information
on the turntable
Datasheet
User Manual
All downloads
of this turntable
Brochure (pdf)
Link to distributors list
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Product Overview TD 158
- complete entry-level record player
-comfortable “Plug-and-Play” set up
- fully automatic
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Product Overview TD 170 – 1
- “Plug-and-Play” record player
- fully automatic
- play shellac records at 78 rpm
(the special stylus/cartridge
required is available
separately)
- Available in black and silver
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Product Overview TD 190 - 2
- “Plug-and-Play” record player
- fully automatic
- TP 19 -1 tone arm
- Speeds: 33 1/3, 45, 78 rpm
(requirements for shellac
available separately)
- “big brother” of the TD 170-1
(Plinth and platter more mass)
- electronically controlled DC
motor for enhanced silent
running and sound
- available in black or silver
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Product Overview TD 235
- manual counterpart of the TD 240-2
- TP 19 -1 tone arm
- extremely silent running
precision belt drive
- Speeds: 33 1/3, 45 rpm
- electronically controlled
DC motor
- black matte
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Product Overview TD 240 - 2
- Award-winning fully automatic record player
- TP 19 -1 tone arm
- extremely silent running precision belt drive
- Speeds: 33 1/3, 45, 78 rpm (requirements
for shellac available separately)
- electronically controlled DC motor
- real wood and piano finish
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Product Overview TD 295 MK IV
- Semi-automatic record player
with a classic and elegant
appearance
- new Thorens TP 41 tone arm
- 33 1/3, 45 rpm
- plinth available with black
piano, silver, mahogany and
bright wood finish
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Product Overview TD 309
Best European Turntable 2010-2011
- Award-winning and innovative Tri-Balance suspended sub chassis turntable
- new low resonance TP92 arm (first Thorens tone arm invention for 20 years)
- new suspension system, easy to set up
- Low Noise, Low Voltage electronically speed controlled DC Motor
- Fused silica platter and aluminum sub platter
with single line contact
- adjustable tone arm and belt
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Available in red, black structure and red,
black and white high-gloss
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Product Overview TD 206 / TD 209
- servo-controlled, silent-running DC motor
- adjustable belt tension for optimal drive force
- two-part aluminium/acrylic platter
- new TP 90 tonearm with Japanese precision
bearings
- adjustable VTA, azimuth and overhang
- made in Germany
- colours: red, black and white high-gloss
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Product Overview TD 203
The new reference for the entry level
- Great sound quality for a small budget
- Fully assembled and works straight out of the box.
- Finishes: red, black or white high-gloss lacquer
- along with the TD 203 comes the TP 82 tonearm.
The TP 82 is a uni-pivot design – a first in this price
class.
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Product Overview TD 2015/2035 (Acrylic Series)
- Award-winning manual record players
- elaborate control circuitry, extremely stable acrylic plinth and massive aluminum platter
- external motor unit constructed without mechanical contact to the plinth, avoiding
transfer of vibration
- special feet ensuring a continuous, undisturbed run of the platter
- Different tone arms and plinths in a clear or blue acrylic finish
TD 2015
TD 2035
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Product Overview TD 350
- advantages of a mass platform combined with those of
the suspended chassis
- Thorens IDD suspension system yields an independent
dampening of horizontal and vertical oscillations
-4-kg-platter and low-friction bearing result in incredible
silent running and exceptional sonic stability
- integrated motor control circuitry and
precision-ground belt
- solid turned platter combined with
a layer of bitumen
- different tone arms on request
-wooden plinth with red or black ash
or a real wood maple veneer
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Product Overview TD 550
- based on the TD 350; equipped with a suspended chassis and belt drive as well
as more exclusive materials, making the TD 550 an award-winning high-end
record player
- tone arm platform made from extremely stiff carbon fiber compound, ensuring
a very rigid coupling of platter and tone arm, allowing the installation of 12-inch
tone arms
- suspended chassis adjusted in height by thumb screws on top of the plinth,
sturdy feet likewise to achieve a level position.
- electronically controlled start-up, extremely silent AC synchronous motor
- equipped with balanced (XLR)
and unbalanced (RCA) output jacks
- front panel available either chrome-plated
-or with black anodized aluminum finish,
-high-grade plinth refined with finest black
piano lacquer
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Product Overview TEP 302 phono preamplifier
- complete phono preamplifier including RIAA equalization, which was to
complement the outstanding playback performance of our turntables
- pure-bred Class-A amplifier which employs selected, very special low-noise
operational amplifiers throughout
- circuitry optimized “by ear” after several extended listening sessions
- TEP 302 also features a 15-Hz subsonic filter in order to protect the woofers
from dangerous excursions when a warped record is played
- More details, more dynamics.
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Product Overview MM 002
MM 002
- MM phono stage for entry-level turntables
- Selected close-tolerance componentry for precise frequency
response
- Compact design with low power consumption
- Off-board 24V power supply for better noise rejection and good
headroom
Product Overview – MM001/005
phono stages
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Product Overview MM 008 / MM 008 ADC
MM 008
- MM/MC high performance phono stage
MM 008 ADC
- MM/MC high performance phono stage with Phono-to-USB
conversion capability
-On-board high-resolution 24bit/96kHz USB analouge-to-digital
converter to allow you to sore your vinyl on your hard disk drive
Both MM 008 and MM 008 ADC:
-Switchable MM and MC inputs
-Supplied with a set of 6 high-precision MC cartridge loading
RCA plugs
-Off-board 24V power supply for better noise rejection and
good headroom
Product Overview – MM001/005
phono stages
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Accessories
Stabilizer
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The Stabilizer improves stability and tracking.
Supplied in a wooden box.
available in chrome, blue and golden colour
Cleaning Set
-special cleaning set to ensure records will last a lifetime.
All items included in the cleaning set can also be purchased individually
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Accessories
Tone Arm Gauge
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Thorens Stylus Gauge
Manual stylus gauge for simple and accurate
adjustment of the tracking force.
Carbon Brush
Platter Mat Cork / Platter Mat Cork & Rubber
Non-static platter mat consisting of fine granules
(rubber, cork). Made to effectively suppress the
typical resonance generated in vinyl records during
playback as well as to provide a silent foundation.
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Accessories
Stylus Cleaner
Thorens w-balance
Phono/Cinch-Kabel
Excellently made pre-assembled phono
RCA cable with additional ground for
connecting record players to amplifiers.
• Additional ground line
• Robust plastic sheathing
• 24- carat gold-plated contacts
• Double shielding
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Thorens Vînyl Albums
Staatskapelle Dresden
Berlioz, Bruckner, Strauss and Shostakovich
- Cooperation with Profil Edition Günter Hänssler, musical highlights issued on
180 g premium vinyl, a homage to the famous Dresdner Staatskapelle
(Dresden State Orchestra)
Live Recording Semperoper Dresden
Christian Thielemann
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor WAB 108
- Cooperation with Profil Edition Günter Hänssler, musical highlights issued on
180g premium vinyl
Richard Wagner – Lohengrin
Semyon Bychkov. This recording was made immediately following two concert
performances in Cologne and has never been released on vinyl before!
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Helpful notes – Details components
Tonearms
TP – 19-1
- new Thorens tone arm (first tonearm invention for 20 years)
- Available for TD 190, 240 and 235
- same precision bearing technology as employed in navigation
Instruments for aerospace
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TP92
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The TP 92 is a nine-inch cardanic design that follows the Loefgren geometry.
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developed in parallel with the TD 309 turntable
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VTA can be easily adjusted
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The TP 92 OEM version is available with RCA cable or mini DIN 5-pin Plug.
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Special Services
On your request, we will customize the record player of your choice...
- Tonearms not included in the Thorens product line can be installed
- Other combinations of components available on demand
- powerpacks for every region available
- What else do you desire for your Thorens? Tell us!
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Conclusion
Vinyl will last forever... Especially with THORENS
Get a new THORENS and enjoy the lifestyle
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Any questions?
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