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Thorens is historically renowned for the range of phonographs (turntables) the manufacturer produces. In addition to audio playback equipment, Thorens is also a historical manufacturer of harmonicas and has been separately a producer of Swiss-made cigarette lighters , most notably the button actuated "automatic lighter".
An advertisement for Edison New Standard Phonograph, 1898 An advertisement for the Columbia Grafonola. This is a list of phonograph manufacturers.The phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone, record player or turntable, is a device introduced in 1877 for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.
Goldring moved to England in 1933. In 1954, the company released 500 British-made magnetic cartridges; the 600 and 700 models followed in 1958 and 1960, respectively. The 1970s saw the release of the Lenco GL85 turntable (1973) and of the 900SE II and 900/E cartridges. In 1987, Goldring was sold to Veda-UK (Armour Home Electronics).
The design was identical to the Ariston RD11 [6] and similar to the Thorens TD150, both in turn based on the Acoustic Research XA turntable that was launched in 1961. [7] The XA was created by renowned audio pioneer Edgar Villchur. [8] The thinking at the time was that the most important component of a high-end audio system is the loudspeakers.
Linn Products is an engineering company that manufactures hi-fi and audio equipment.Founded by Ivor Tiefenbrun in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1972, the company is best known as the manufacturer of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable.
Garrard 401 turntable with SME 3009 tonearm. The Garrard 301 Transcription Turntable was the first transcription turntable that supported all extant commercial playback formats – the 33, 45 and 78 rpm records of the time. The first model was the Garrard 301.
It supplied turntables and autochangers to many of the world’s record player manufacturers, eventually gaining 87% of the market. The company also manufactured their own brand of player, the Monarch automatic record changer, which could select and play 7", 10" and 12" records at 16, 33 1 ⁄ 3 , 45 or 78 rpm, automatically intermixing ...
Thorens is a. manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. Thorens may also refer to: Thorens-Glières, a former commune in Haute-Savoie, France; Château de Thorens, a castle in Thorens-Glières, Haute-Savoie, France; Pointe de Thorens, a mountain of Savoie, France; Val Thorens, a ski resort in Savoie, French Alps