Thorens, TD-125 MKII

dpphd, only 85, I guess you’re not coasting yet.

goofyfoot, not coasting, still trying to decide what I want to be when i grow up.

The evolution of the Thorens was to eventually compete with the Linn Sondek 

The Linn was a ripoff of the Ariston RD11, which in turn was a ripoff of the Thorens TD150, which predated the Linn by a considerable margin.

The Thorens TD-125 had been in production for several years before the Sondek hit the market. I bought a Mk.2 version in '73, don't know how it differed from the original ("Mk.1"), but it never worked right. I replaced it with a TD-150, basically a TD-125 without the electronics. There was later a TD-126, a real gaudy-looking table. The Sondek was (and is) a model of outward simplicity, inner attention to detail.

I had a TD-125 mkII w/Rega RB303 arm & Grado Red cartridge.  Wish I never sold it, it was amazing.