On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:30:00 +1200, AudioEnz
wrote:

in article , Stewart Pinkerton at
wrote on 05/06/2004 7:38 PM:

The TD 150 postdated the Linn/Ariston, that part of the design was
based on the AR turntable.

That should be "predated" methinks. The Thorens TD150 came out around
1964/65, around the same time as the AR turntable, and remained in
production until 1974, when it was succeeded by the Thorens 160.

Bugger! Quite right Michael, and apologies to Tony for the confusion.
The TD150 was of course launched in 1965, pretty much simultaneously
with the AR XA across the Pond, as you say. I was indeed thinking of
the TD 160. Given my intense awareness of who copied whom in the heady
days of the early '70s, that was an unforgiveable blunder!
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