The Woodsong Audio Thorens TD-124 platter adapter is what got me on the course of getting the performance of my TD-124 on par with my Classic Turntable Company Garrard 301, and it is an ingenious little device that allowed for the use of a better turntable mat than the stock Thorens mat...
Thorens, with the longest history of any turntable manufacturer, has seen it all, been there and done that, and the belt/idler Thorens TD124 is still the aristocrat of vintage vinyl players. After 1965, though, Thorens followed the belt-drive subchassis principle pioneered by the late Edgar ...
Thorens also keeps the outer dimensions of the TD-160 HD compact by placing the motor and electronic speed control inside the plinth...you know, like they used to do in the old days. Even the belt and pulley is completely hidden within the acrylic polymer platter. That's right, I said...
Without such an arrangement, the platter bearing assembly and thus the entire sub-chassis can shift relative to the motor’s fixed position, which can produce belt flexing speed inconsistencies. While placing the sub-chassis atop the springs also improves lateral stability, the guided and tensioned ...