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Thorens TD-165

Simplified TD-160 without the arm-lift/anti-skate refinement (often sold as a basic package).

Catalogue code: TD-165
Years: year unknown
Type: belt-drive turntable
Valves & speakers: Simplified TD-160 without the arm-lift/anti-skate refinement (often sold as a basic package)
Lifecycle: retired
Confidence: Low

Specifications

Drive: belt
Speeds_rpm: 33, 45
Tonearm: integrated (TP-series) or separate
Motor: low-voltage AC/DC
Platter: die-cast alloy

Safety

Belt-drive/automatic turntable: the belt and the automatic trip mechanism are the usual faults, and a missing dust cover or cartridge sled shows up in the price. Verify 50/60 Hz mains pulley.

01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Serial number, Model / catalogue number, British capacitor code (Hunts, Mullard), Japanese capacitor code (Nichicon, Chemi-Con, ELNA), EIA component code, Version & era marker.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

The introduction year is not documented, so the model narrows nothing.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-listing reading: fair $146, good $399, excellent $525 USD · 7 sold listings (thin sample — indicative only) · as of 2022-10 – 2023-01. Vintage Turntables eBay SOLD-price table (https://vintage-turntable.com/thorens-values), 7 completed listings; fair/good/excellent are the observed minimum / median / maximum of those sold prices, not condition grades.