When it comes to turntables, there is really no company name better-known in the audiophile world than that of Thorens. Swiss for most of its existence, after the travails suffered by the LP world in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Thorens has surged back to the forefront of the field under German ownership.
Thorens has been in the music reproduction business since 1883 … although it was music boxes then. But in 1903 it started making phonographs.
These days, Thorens offers versions of its classic designs from the heyday of vinyl in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, updated with modern technology, and a range of more affordable models that will entice new listeners to the world of vinyl.
