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Thorens TD145
Turntable
& HiFi
System

A suite of vintage and DIY analogue audio equipment 

Overview:

​Refurbishing this turntable was my entry point into design

After the completion of the project, I recognized that I wouldn't be happy unless some aspect of the process I just experienced were part of my life

Following this, I applied to grad school

Skills:

High Fidelity Audio

Electronics

Woodworking

Thorens TD145

Thorens TD 145

Plinth: reconstructed with Bolivian Rosewood and Corian finished with Waterlox

 

Pinth joints: half-blind mitered dovetail joints

 

Head shell: custom made with Bolivian Rosewood

Tonearm:  rewired with 32 AWG wire running from head shell to RCA plugs

Metal chassis dampened with acoustic foam

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Saddle Record Queue

 

Sits next to turntable and holds your record queue

Bent sheet metal core, laser cut leather, hand stitched and dyed

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Linear Power Supply

Based on the design from Sigma 22 linear power supply by AMB Laboratories

 

Creates a perfectly clean electrical signal to power the phono preamp

 

Preamp uses this signal to amplify the signal from the phono cartridge hundreds of times

 

Bolivian Rosewood panels match the turntable

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and in case you were wondering...

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ICEPower Amplifier 

Class d-amplifier: ICEpower amplifier board designed by Bang and Olufsen

 

Amp runs efficiently and cool and has a very small footprint

It sounds amazing
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