THORENS TD 203 Belt drive Turntable (Black hg)

A NEW REFERENCE FOR THE ENTRY LEVEL

The TD 203 is a high quality out of the box solution from THORENS®. The turntable comes fully assembled and is factory-set. It takes no more than five minutes from opening the box to playing music from a vinyl record. The TD 203 leaves aficionados room to fine-tune and adjust the performance to their personal preferences. The tonearm, for example, offers facilities to adjust azimuth and overhang. The pick-up cartridge can be easily changed in a matter of minutes. The scope of delivery includes a specially designed transparent Perspex dust cover.

The new Tonarm TP 82 is a uni-pivot design - a first in this class. The TP 82\'s bearing is a carbide tip resting within an intricate arrangement of five very small bearing balls. The arm tube is made from rolled aluminium. The anti-sakting bias is provided by a small weight. The tonearm comes pre-installed with the THORENS® TAS 257 cartridge, a high-quality moving-magnet pick-up suitable for all MM phono inputs.

• Low noise, low voltage electronically speed controlled DC motor
• Adjustable belt tension
• Adjustable platter speed
• Uni-pivot design tonearm TP 82
• Tonearm adjustable for azimuth an overhang
• Designed in Germany

Specifications

Item name: Turntable
Item code: Q1-USB
Brand:JBSYSTEMS

Brief Introduction

1.Plastic dust cover
2.USB-output for direct recording to any PC
3.Belt Drive 2 speed

:: Product Description

     *  Middle Torque belt drive motor
     *  Fast start / stop
     *  2 speeds: 33, 45 rpm
     *  +/-10% Pitch adjustment range
     *  USB-output for direct recording to any PC
     *  Free, multilingual Audacity software available via download:
     *  - Endless possibilities with free downloadable effect plug-ins
     *  - Import, export and edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, AIFF and WAV sound files.
     *  - Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
     *  - Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
     *  - Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises.
     *  - Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects.
     *  - Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects.
     *  - Many more…
     *  Selectable phono/line output
     *  All functions are equipped with stylish, blue LED lights
     *  Plastic dust cover
     *  Retractable target light
     * Audio Technica cartridge included
     * All metal S-shaped tone arm assembly with:
     *  - Counterweight    * - Anti-skating adjustment
     * - Lever lift with height adjustment
     * Adjustable large feet for perfect leveling

:: Technical Information

     * Motor: DC motor
     * Driving Method: Belt Drive
     * Starting Time: less than 1 second
     * Braking Time: less than 1 second
     * Speed selection: 331/3 ~ 45 RPM
     * Speed adjustment: +/-10%
     * Wow & Flutter: less than 0,25% WRMS (JIS WTD) @ 331/3 RPM
     * Tone arm type: Static balanced S-shaped tone arm.
     * Tracking Error angle: Less than 3°
     * Cartridge weight: 3,5~8,5g.
     * Anti-skate range: 0~7g.
     * Phono output: 1,5 ~ 3,6mV @ 1kHz 5cm/sec (with supplied AT HP-4005 cartridge)
     * Line output: 90 ~ 216mV @ 1kHz 5cm/sec (with supplied AT HP-4005 cartridge)
     * Computer interface USB 1.1 compliant (Windows(R) XP/Vista/Win7 or Mac(R) OS X)
     * Power supply: 230V~ 50Hz.
     * Power consumption: 14Watts
     * Dimensions: 450 x 350 x 150mm (WxDxH)
     * Weight : 9,0kg.

• Drive technology: belt drive with polished flat belt
• DC motor with electric Speed control
• Viscosity damped tonearm lift
• Automatic tone arm attachment
• End shut-off with tone arm recirculation.
• Playback option for 78 rpm archive records.

Best buy turntable with maximum simplicity, outstanding sound quality & USB recording capability!

Pro-Ject has decided to go after the cheap plastic turntable market with an high quality alternative that comes complete with an Ortofon cartridge. The new Elemental Phono USB table is a real "plug'n'play" all the way. No adjustment of counterweight and antiskating is needed, because both are pre-adjusted. This new straight tonearm is optimised for Ortofon OM cartridge series. All the buyer needs to do is remove it from the box, remove bearing guard, locate the belt around the platter, remove stylus guard and plug it into hifi system and computer.

The only plastic here is the stylus guard!

The hidden secret to the new table's sonic success, is a central gravity mass point, made from artificial stone and placed directly underneath the platter bearing. It is capable to fully absorb unwanted rumble and motor vibration. This turntable appears to be pure simplicity itself, while maintaining high quality audio standards and vinyl recording capability.

• Belt drive system
• Integrated motor control with DC power supply secures silent running
• Central gravity mass point made from artificial stone
• Main platter bearing made from stainless steel runs in bronze bushing with Teflon bottom
• Low resonance MDF platter with felt mat
• 8,6” ultra low mass tonearm with straight arm tube
• Pre-adjusted tracking force & antiskating
• Gold-plated RCA contacts & cartridge pins
• Integrated phono stage with precise RIAA equalisation
• Line level output
• A/D converter for vinyl recording with USB B output

• Colour options: red-black, white-black, silver-black

A quiet-running synchronous motor with silicone belt is driving a low-resonance platter made from MDF. A new motor control with DC power supply minimzes unwanted vibration effectively. The main platter bearing consists of stainless steelspindle and bronze bushing with Teflon bottom to seccure low friction.  

The main chassis is made from lightweight, but very stiff particle board. Essential II utilises a straight 8,6" aluminium tonearm design made from a single piece of aluminium with sapphire bearings, which offers a far better „plug & play" solution, than itʽs predecessor. Special feet effectively decouples the turntable from the surface.

Specifications:

• speed : 33, 45 (manual speed change)

• principle : belt drive

• Speed variance : 33: 0,14% 45: 0,25%

• Wow & flutter : 0,12%

• platter : 300mm MDF with felt mat (0,8kg)

• main bearing : stainless steel

• tonearm : 8,6” aluminium

• effective : arm length 218,5 mm

• overhang : 22,0mm

• effective tonearmmass : 8,0gr

• counterweight for mass : 3 - 5,5g (included)

• tracking force range : 0 - 25mn (OM5 18mn recommended)

• included accessory : power supply, dust cover

• Power consumption : 4,5 watts

• dimensions : 420 x 112 x 330mm (WxHxD)

• weight : 4,0 kg net

A quiet-running synchronous motor with silicone belt is driving a low-resonance platter made from MDF. A new motor control with DC power supply minimzes unwanted vibration effectively. The main platter bearing consists of stainless steelspindle and bronze bushing with Teflon bottom to seccure low friction.  

The main chassis is made from lightweight, but very stiff particle board. Essential II utilises a straight 8,6" aluminium tonearm design made from a single piece of aluminium with sapphire bearings, which offers a far better „plug & play" solution, than itʽs predecessor. Special feet effectively decouples the turntable from the surface.

Specifications:

• speed : 33, 45 (manual speed change)

• principle : belt drive

• Speed variance : 33: 0,14% 45: 0,25%

• Wow & flutter : 0,12%

• platter : 300mm MDF with felt mat (0,8kg)

• main bearing : stainless steel

• tonearm : 8,6” aluminium

• effective : arm length 218,5 mm

• overhang : 22,0mm

• effective tonearmmass : 8,0gr

• counterweight for mass : 3 - 5,5g (included)

• tracking force range : 0 - 25mn (OM5 18mn recommended)

• included accessory : power supply, dust cover

• Power consumption : 4,5 watts

• dimensions : 420 x 112 x 330mm (WxHxD)

• weight : 4,0 kg net