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No experience of them obviously, but I've seen positive comments about replacing the motor with a DC type - Origin Live sell a kit but the motor is around £100 and the electronics to power it are are lest 2-3 times as much, and upwards...

My TD150 motor doesn't have an external thrust pad, yet the end of the shaft is a polished dome... Some of the pictures on the ebay listing appear to show a ball bearing that pushes up against the motor shaft but I can't see how you could reliably align it with something you glue on by hand. I was ...

Had to have a look with the armboard and arm temporarily in place. Umming and aahing about whether to add some carbon fibre sheet to the armboard - I've just about got enough with the same orientation of the weave.

That motor appears to be missing its thrust pad, should be a round grey plastic cap under the motor spindle, i cant remember if the early ones had one though so it might be ok I don't think it's missing anything, Ant, but a knocking from the motor seems to be an issue and there are after-market sol...

I've been working on the TD 150 this morning.

Thanks, Morgan. The spares i have are a top plate, sub-chassis and inner/outer platters.

Ant wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:01 pmIt starts...

Ant wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:11 pm It'll set you off ray, you'll end up with 'several' in not a lot of time

I already have the main chassis parts for a second TD 150 project, Ant, and a Micro Seiki TA-1 to go on it...

I'll be installing a carbon-tubed Pro-ject tonearm that I acquired for a good price.

Nigel (Vinylspinner) of this parish has sent a Goldring G800 cartridge with an elliptical after-market stylus to partner with the tonearm.

As I mentioned in the thread about getting my niece started with a decent vinyl replay system, I'm already working on an upgrade to the Dual 505-2 through my acquisition of a Thorens TD 150, circa 1970 - I managed to get a tidy example for £75 on ebay. I started by completely stripping it down, and,...

Nick wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 11:02 am Would not let it in my house IMHO even as a door stop.

Fair enough, but it does get a lot of positive commentary.

Perhaps a use-case for something like the Transcendent Slider preamp?

https://www.transcendentsound.com/slider.html

pre65 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:36 pm Happy birthday Ray.

Cheers Phil.

I'm not familiar with the drive units but I did wonder about the viability of the 18in bass units and the 8in Viscounts as an open baffle. I'm going to resist going beyond wondering though.

You're making some very generous offers there Chris, very good of you.

Almost tempted by the 18in drivers but then I reminded myself of all the other projects I already have...

Ray

Just to point out that there are two Pass active crossover kits on the DIY Audio store, Simon. https://diyaudiostore.com/products/diy-biamp-6-24-crossover https://diyaudiostore.com/pages/project-analog-crossover-network If you do think about placing an order for the Biamp 6-24 give me a shout as I h...