{"id":151463,"date":"2022-11-29T17:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=151463"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:58:54","slug":"thorens-td-204-turntable-equipped-with-phono-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/thorens-td-204-turntable-equipped-with-phono-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorens TD 204: Turntable equipped with phono stage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thorens has<\/b>\u00a0introduced a new turntable\u00a0Thorens\u00a0<\/b>TD 204<\/b>\u00a0, equipped with a belt drive.\u00a0The TD 204 has an MM-phono stage on board, and the Audio- <\/i>Technica\u00a0<\/i>AT95\u00a0<\/i>E\u00a0<\/i>MM<\/i>\u00a0moving magnet head is included in the kit\u00a0.\u00a0Thus, in fact, this player belongs to the plug’n’play category and will be a good option for a novice vinyl lover.\u00a0If necessary, the built-in phono stage can be turned off.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

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The Thorens TD 204 turntable is based on a die-cast aluminum chassis and is equipped with an electronically controlled DC motor.\u00a0Rotation speed 33 1\/3 and 45 rpm.\u00a0can be selected using the rotary switch.\u00a0Torque is transmitted to the cast aluminum platter by means of a finely ground belt.\u00a0An external unit is used to power the turntable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Image\"The Thorens TD 204 is equipped with the signature\u00a0TP 120<\/i>\u00a0tonearm, a 9″ J-shaped gimbaled aluminum tonearm.\u00a0The manufacturer claims that the effective mass of the tonearm is about 15 g, and anti-skating is provided by a spring.\u00a0The tonearm is equipped with a removable shell with an SME mount, which makes it easy to change cartridges if desired.<\/p>\n

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The Thorens TD 204 turntable is available in two finishes – gloss black and lacquered walnut veneer.\u00a0The body of the turntable rests on vibration-proof legs.\u00a0Comes with a dust cover.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Thorens\u00a0<\/b>TD 204<\/b>\u00a0turntable is expected to be available in Europe later this year for a suggested retail price of\u00a0\u20ac799<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thorens has\u00a0introduced a new turntable\u00a0Thorens\u00a0TD 204\u00a0, equipped with a belt drive.\u00a0The TD 204 has an MM-phono stage on board, and the Audio- Technica\u00a0AT95\u00a0E\u00a0MM\u00a0moving magnet head is included in the kit\u00a0.\u00a0Thus, in fact, this player belongs to the plug’n’play category and will be a good option for a novice vinyl lover.\u00a0If necessary, the built-in phono stage […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":151464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-151463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}