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Holger's system:
-- 2024 - The Room With Records
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-- and turntables.......
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*Holger's description: "I remodeled my listening room (about 11 by 13 ft) a few years ago... I have now mor than 2000 records (in total I've got about 4000) plus sixteen turntables (6 Thorens, 4 Dual, 2 Transrotor, PE, Braun, Technics, EMT) in this room."
-- from 5/15/05
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Above: TD124 mkII with SME 3009R / Ortofon SPU
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Above: TD124 mkII with two tonearms: SME 3009 and SME 3012, Denon DL103 Gold limited and Ortofon SPU Royal N
Closeup detail - SPU Royal N.
Above: TD125 mkII LB / SME 3012 / Ortofon SPU GM/E
TD127 with SME 3012/vdH Grasshopper III SLA
Closeup detail: vdH Grasshopper III
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My Question to Holger: A question
about the photo (103bronzeht.jpg) It looks like a de-nuded DL-103 placed
in a different case (bronze) Could you tell me more about that?
Holger's reply: Sure. I have a friend
who is a professional conservator, he restores old grand pianos, altars,
statues and all that stuff, and his wife is a goldsmith. So he stripped
a DL 103 and made a casting mold from the plastic case. I have two other
cases made from sterling silver, one full-bodied, the other similar to
the bronze case. These cases add weight, and the DL 103 R likes more
mass – the rest is just fun trying out different materials. He also made
some nice wooden headshells, I have one made from Pink Ivory, which is
the wood from the Zulu royal tree.
Turntables:
EMT 938 with EMT 929 tonearm and TSD 15 SFL cartridge
(the legendary "Tondose")
Technics SP-10 Mk. II with SME 3012/2 and
van den Hul Grasshopper III SLA
Thorens TD 127 with SME 3012/2 Denon
DL 103 D or DL 103 D retipped with Shibata stylus
Thorens TD 124/II
(Papst motor / aluminium platter) with SME 3009R / Denon DL 103 vdH and
Denon DA-401 / Denon DL 103 M
Garrard 301 with SME 3012/2 and Denon
DL 103 R / retipped with Shibata stylus / bronze body or DL 103 LCII
Thorens TD 124 with Shure M-236 / Shure M77
Thorens TD 125 Mk. II LB
with vintage Rabco SL-8E linear tracking tonearm.
Phonostages /
Prepres / Transformers:
Pass Pearl with Xono mc-boards
Brinkmann
Fein
Denon AU-340
Denon HA-1000
EMT with integrated phonostage
and prepre
Amp / speakers:
Rogers E-20a integrated tube
amplifier / 4x KT66
Spendor LS3/5a monitor speakers (nearfield, BBC
specifications)
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- From 2003 -
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1)
Photo 1: A Thorens compact 1 record player. A TD135 with BTD-12s
tonearm, built in amp / pre-amp
2)
Photo 2: A Thorens TD124 mkII with SME 3012-2 tonearm.
3)
Photo 3: different shot TD124 mkII
4)
Photo4: brass counterweight to the SME 3012 tonearm.
5)
Photo 5: TD160 on top, TD124II on bottom, and a Garrard 401 SME3012 to
the right.
6)
Photo 6: A pair of TD160s. One on right sold to another party as
of Sept. 2002.
On the right is a TD160 E with opto-electric shut-off. Both tables are equipped with TP16 MKII tonearms and the TP63 arm wand. According to Holger, the E designation stands for the German word "Endabschaltung" which means auto-shutoff.
7)
Photo 7: A TMC63 armwand fitted to a TP16 mkIII tonearm.
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8)
Photo 8: A TP063 armwand fitted to a TP16 mkIII tonearm.
9)
Photo 9: A TP63 armwand fitted to a TP16 mkIII tonearm.
Holger Trass
"We're on a mission from God !" - Elwood Blues
https://www.analogue-classics.com/ English language site. written by Holger Trass in Germany. With info on many collectible Thorens turntables. Also an excellent resource on classic SME tonearms. Highly recommended.