Thorens TAS1500 & AT-OC9

[BenWatts]

Dear TT lovers,

Happy owner of a Thorens TD-1500, I am curious about the TAS-1500 cartridge dedicated to the same TT.

No feedback on the web except on comparisons with the famous and appreciated AT-OC9. Both are competing in the 700€ areas.

Thorens :

THORENS cartridge TAS 1500 • Thorens GmbH

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www.thorens.com

Audio Technica:

https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at-oc9-iii

Who has already tried the TAS-1500?

Th als in advance.

Best regards

BenWatts

 

[daytona600]

TD-1500 made by Haipin in china
TAS-1500 looks like a A.T. OC9 generator

 

[Al ears]

TD-1500 made by Haipin in china
TAS-1500 looks like a A.T. OC9 generator

Precisely, Thorens are not reknown as cartridge manufacturers.
It appears similar to the OC9xsl.

 

[camcroft]

TD-1500 made by Haipin in china
TAS-1500 looks like a A.T. OC9 generator

So the turntable will only be good for landfill.

 

[Al ears]

So the turntable will only be good for landfill.

He was talking about the cartridge.
The turntable is a far more serious bit of kit, and, as far as I am aware, not Chinese.
However, you are entitled to your misguided opinion.....

 

[daytona600]

Thorens is just a Trademark these days. nothing To do with the Thorens old highly respected company
They hired Helmut Thiele to design all there products & get them built in China

Thiele does build TTs in EU

Homepage - Thiele

ZERO TRACKING ERROR TONEARM AND TURNTABLE

helmut-thiele.com

 

[camcroft]

He was talking about the cartridge.
The turntable is a far more serious bit of kit, and, as far as I am aware, not Chinese.
However, you are entitled to your misguided opinion.....

Not my misguided opinion. He has said on numerous occasions that the Chinese turntables are only good for landfill.

 

[daytona600]

China does build some great TTs
Well Tempered , Jasmine , Consonance

 

[Al ears]

Not my misguided opinion. He has said on numerous occasions that the Chinese turntables are only good for landfill.

Again, it is not a Chinese turntable

 

[Al ears]

China does build some great TTs
Well Tempered , Jasmine , Consonance

Unfortunately it's unlikely to change those that are so opinionated

 

[Al ears]

Not my misguided opinion. He has said on numerous occasions that the Chinese turntables are only good for landfill.

Sorry, who said that?
I am missing something obviously.

 

[camcroft]

Again, it is not a Chinese turntable

I have read after this topic that going back a few years that Thorens do have their modern turntables made in China but more than likely designed in Germany. Take Cambridge Audio their stuff is designed in the UK but built in China and there is nothing wrong with their products.

 

[camcroft]

Sorry, who said that?
I am missing something obviously.

you are entitled to your misguided opinion..... from your reply to me.

 

[BenWatts]

Apart from ideological stances driven by nostalgia for a purely hypothetical past glory, has anyone actually bought, assembled, and listened to a TAS-1500?

 

[Al ears]

Apart from ideological stances driven by nostalgia for a purely hypothetical past glory, has anyone actually bought, assembled, and listened to a TAS-1500?

Not me.
The OC9 mentioned, yes

 

[RoA]

Lovely looking deck. Who cares where it’s made.

 

[BenWatts]

And now the phono stage:

MC 1600 • Thorens GmbH

Thorens leverages the LP potential