THORENS TD160 User manual

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Fit

ting

The Wand

Tonearm

®

to a

Thorens TD160

family

turntable

(TD150/166 similar)

You should be able to use the Thorens arm lifter with The Wand Tonearm To be read in conjunction with The Wand User Guide.

A; Remove the existing arm

Step 1; Remove the platter, headshell and Step 2; Support the turntable upside down

Lifter bar (arrowed) Disconnect from power! and remove the bottom cover. 4 screws.

Step 3; Remove the arm cable clamp and Step 4; Unhoo the lift mechanism

the white cable cover.

Step 5; Remove the cable base (Two screws) Step 6; Remove the armrest (two screws)

Step 7; Turn over and remove the arm.

(Three screws)

Hint; Improve your Thorens by adding

damping material to the underside of the

sheetmetal panels and the bottom cover while it is

off. (but watch adding too much weight to the

floating chassis part)

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Fitting The Wand Tonearm®

to a Thorens TD160

family turntable

(TD150/165 similar)

You may choose to use the Thorens arm lifter with The Wand To be read in conjun

ction with The Wand User Guide.

B; Prepare The Wand ounting

Step 1; Stac the Steel plate on top of blac acrylic

Step 2; Add the Wand mount & feed through the plinth

(Wand Classic left, Wand Plus right below)

Step 3; Screw in but don’t tighten. (Three screws) Step 4; Add earth wire to amplifier.

(as below) or 3 core mains cable.

Step 5; Add the Thorens lifter to the underside (if you are using it) Use 2x self-tapping screws.

See previous page for correct orientation. Re-connect

the lifter cable.

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Note

; If you want to route the

wiring into the plinth. Feed

through the slot in the Wand

mount before adding screws.

(But good to ‘practice’ the other

steps first)

Fitting The Wand Tonearm®

to a

Thorens

TD160

family turntable

(TD150/165 similar)

C; Fitting The Wand Tonearm ount

Step 1; Install the spindle into mounting plate. Set the spindle height using the protractor.

Loc in position using the nut (Classic) or grub screw (Plus).

Step 2; Position the mount using the Step 3; Tighten the three screws

protractor (Slide bac and forth)

Step 4

;

Add the Lifter

(Wand Plus on left / Thorens for Classic on right.

Step 5; Revert to main instructions for the remainder of the setup and enjoy!

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-Arm at +2 degrees

-Arm level (nominal)

Note; We suggest

starting with the arm

level. Later adjust

upwards by ear. Up to 2

degrees up may be good.

<Spindle

< Nut

v Plate

“The improvement over the

Thorens arm is astonishing.

Detail, timing, but most of all

soundstage depth.”

Richard, Dunedin, New Zealand

Align to just below the step.

Loc with small hex ey.

Loc with small hex ey.

Slide up / down to set lift

Height (very fiddly!)