THORENS TD-1601 vinyl turntable won the HFA award again


 

 

Date: 2020-11-30

 

Thorens re-developed the new TD1600 and TD1601 based on the TD160 classic vinyl turntables of the last century, bringing good news to vinyl fans. They have been well received since their launch and have won numerous awards around the world. The most recent ones are from Hifi-Advice The HFA Favorite Award.

Thorens first exhibited the TD-1601 vinyl turntable at the 2019 Munich Audio Show. The three-point suspension structure and the wooden frame are very similar to the classic TD-160 of the old Thorens. However, at that time, it was still a prototype. Thorens took the opportunity of the Munich Audio Show to listen to the opinions of global agents on the new turntable, and collected opinions from all parties and made the final detailed changes. The design features are as follows.

Spring three-point suspension
Back to the classic TD-1601 design focus is on the spring three-point vibration avoidance, the top of the inner plate supporting the turntable and tonearm plate is suspended at the bottom of the outer plate, and the drive motor and other electronic or electrical parts are all installed on the bottom of the outer plate. The inner disk of the turntable and tonearm plate and the complete set of conical spring three-point suspension are supported by a stable base to form a better isolation effect and reduce the vibration interference from the drive motor.

Ensure that the inner disk floats vertically
In order to avoid the influence of vibration when the motor is working, the motor is deliberately fixed to the base. Therefore, the belt that drives the turntable pulls the turntable toward the motor. In order to counteract this pulling force and avoid the tilting of the turntable from affecting the tracking force, a metal wire is used to pull the inner disk in the reverse direction, so that the inner disk and the turntable will not tilt and keep floating vertically, which helps the accuracy and nformation processing.

Accurate speed
The turntable is driven by an electronic speed-controlled synchronous motor with accurate speed, and the precision polished transmission rubber belt enlarges the contact area to increase the friction, and can adjust the belt tightness to reduce the jitter rate.

TP92 low center of gravity tonearm
This relatively complicated double-tube design is to lower the center of gravity of the counterweight thallium to lower the center of gravity of the entire tonearm. To make the track movement of the tonearm more stable, just like the design of a sports car, the lower the center of gravity, the more stable the walking.

Electric lifting arm
The tone arm lifting mechanism is operated by a micro motor developed by Thorens, which will drive the tone arm to lift automatically after finished with a record. The detection is done through a non-contact optical sensor, so it will not interfere with the free movement of the tonearm.

Flexible wiring
TD 1601 is equipped with XLR balanced and RCA single-ended output. Players can choose their favorite cables for tuning, eliminating the trouble of changing cables.

Thorens TD 1601's sound stage is wide and deep, with distinct and three-dimensional positioning of various instrument clusters and vocals. With the sound characteristics of soft disk and hard disk, Every music track is inevitably exciting!

To know more about TD-1601 : https://bit.ly/39yPET0