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Since Thorens' marketing base is belt drive turntables, a belt-driven capstan is hardly surprising, given that this is an audiphool toy. On 12/04/2019 03:52, Tim Gillett wrote: > This appears to be an audiophile tape machine designed for listening > to newly manufactured tape dubs of commercial releases. A US company > called The Tape Project has been offering such tapes for some years. > Revox offered a probably comparable playback only machine in 2017 and > I think was planning to make pre recorded tapes to go with them. I've > occasionally been asked to repair open reel tape machines for the > purpose of listening to these very expensive pre recorded tapes. A > tape I listened to seemed to have been competently dubbed. It would > need to be for the price. > > The Thorens TM 1600 belt driven capstan motor suggests a design > compromise. Good direct drive capstan motor machines (electronically > controlled) have been around since the late 1950's when Nagra, then > Studer and Revox, Teac/Tascam, Sony, Akai etc put out their own direct > drive capstan models. Direct drive motors and their electronic > controls were very expensive to make back then but these days are so > much cheaper to manufacture. I notice one audiophile review of ther > Thorens (StereoNET UK) curiously omitted the reference to the belt drive. > > Tim Gillett > > Perth, > Western Australia. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Coe" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 1:29 AM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Thorens TM 1600 ¼" Tape Machine Announced > > > Available Summer 2020 for the low, low price of $13.5k. > > https://www.thorens.com/en/thorens-news-m/231-high-end-2019-thorens-tm-1600-–-high-end-tape-machine.html > > > -Aaron > _____________________ > https://cuttingcorporation.com > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >