Thorens X Music On Vinyl Limited Edition Turntable

[peace_sells]

Just got a newsletter mail from newonvinyl.com. Thought of sharing it with you folks.

Music on Vinyl and Universal came together with German turntable specialist Thorens with one single goal in mind, giving you the opportunity to experience the very best out of your record collection.

They wanted to create an affordable turntable that offers the optimum audio quality and that does not damage your records. They also kept in mind all the youngsters that are now getting in to vinyl, because its a simply plug and play installation. Both the Tonearm and cartridge are pre-installed. So it just unboxing and lets go !!

For all those wondering, it is a limited edition. Its coming out in two colors, Iconic Red and Blue. We offer both colors in our shop. Because we are located in The Netherlands we offer free shipping in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Of course its also possible to ship it world wide, with a maximum of 2 per order, we will ship it insured and with track and trace. Incredible value For your money.

Price: Only 285,95 !!!
For Costumers outside Europe 236,31 !!! ($ 257,58)

The turntables:

THORENS - New On Vinyl

Anyone aware about this? Would this be recommended for someone starting his/her vinyl journey?

p.s. Shipping to India is 35 Euro.

 

[reignofchaos]

Fully automatic! Better to buy a project over this for sure.

 

[kartick]

The arm doesn't seem confidence inspiring for sure !! Looks like a marketing gimmick.

 

[G401fan]

For a starter TT, it's perfect. No beginner wants to fuss over manually cueing the start of each LP, and having to rush over to raise the tone arm and shut off the motor at the end of each side. In the analog heyday, when millions of TTs were sold, the vast majority were automatic, one of the key reasons for their popularity. From an audiophile standpoint, the introduction of a bunch of levers beneath the arm to manage cueing and auto-return would definitely impact arm mass, resonance, etc, that would affect sound quality. But this an entry level TT, with an entry level tone arm and cartridge, so the impact would barely be noticeable. For a neophyte in the LP world, it's a great buy. The upgrade path can happen in good time.

 

[mpw]

For a starter TT, it's perfect. No beginner wants to fuss over manually cueing the start of each LP, and having to rush over to raise the tone arm and shut off the motor at the end of each side. In the analog heyday, when millions of TTs were sold, the vast majority were automatic, one of the key reasons for their popularity. From an audiophile standpoint, the introduction of a bunch of levers beneath the arm to manage cueing and auto-return would definitely impact arm mass, resonance, etc, that would affect sound quality. But this an entry level TT, with an entry level tone arm and cartridge, so the impact would barely be noticeable. For a neophyte in the LP world, it's a great buy. The upgrade path can happen in good time.

I agree.

Maybe Project TT's are available in India easily but for starters, this is quite nice.

regards

 

[reubensm]

Thorens of Germany? I always knew the Thorens of Switzerland

Not bad for a start, especially if the newbie is "very new" to the audio world.

 

[navinsinha]

Thorens of Germany? I always knew the Thorens of Switzerland

Not bad for a start, especially if the newbie is "very new" to the audio world.

History of Thorens as available on the Web:
1883 Hermann Thorens starts a firm to make music box movements in Ste. Croix Switzerland. Produces entire boxes and supplies movements to third parties such as Anri, Fred Zimbalist and Sliverite.
1902 (or 1889?) begin making cylinder phonographs. No mention of cylinder phonographs as of 1914.
1906 begin making spring-driven disc gramophones. Become a major supplier of spring-driven motors.
1913-1964 make more than 5 million pocket lighters.
1914-1921 and 1938-1952 make harmonicas.
1928 begin making electric gramophones.
1936 (?) - (?) make skiing equipment
1954-1960 make Riviera mechanical dry shavers.
1956 become successful high-end turn table producers, starting with the TD-124.
1963 merge with Paillard.
1966 de-merge with Paillard, move to Germany, merge with Wilhem Franz's company, EMT, forming Thorens-Franz AG.
1985/86 Reuge SA takes over production of Thorens AD-30 music boxes.
2000 denied bankruptcy protection in Germany.
2002 becomes Thorens Services Ltd in Switzerland.
2011 Guillaume Thorens establishes Hermann Thorens SA with Marc Thorens and Yann Thorens with the advertised purpose: "The company aims to manufacture and trade of mechanical and metal objects such as razors, lighters, watches, cutlery manufactured in Switzerland, as well as components and accessories, such qu'crins, cases, boxes, precious metals, etc. ."