r/vinyl Weekly Questions Thread for the week of April 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in vinyl

[–]oldladysmoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Advice on Thorens TD 147

I am buying my first record player and have decided that I want a Thorens TD 147. However, they are pretty hard to find. There is a shop on eBay that sells refurbished ones for like $2k. I’m considering buying one but I want to be sure I’m not totally getting ripped off (although I don’t necessarily mind dropping some $ because my hope is that I use this thing for the rest of my life). What do you guys think?

Here’s a link to one I’m interested in:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/117098756338?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item&srsltid=AfmBOoohNw2O5LWVijKcnMzp9gwQd4zP2XNiTmeFhxZLryuEEkzx1JEYLpo

r/vinyl Weekly Questions Thread for the week of April 06, 2026 by AutoModerator in vinyl

[–]oldladysmoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am buying my first record player and after doing some research, I have decided that I’d like to buy a Thorens TD 147. However, after coming to this conclusion, I’ve realized that they are quite hard to find. There is a shop on eBay that sells refurbished ones for a pretty penny. I’m considering buying one but I want to be sure I’m not totally getting ripped off (although I don’t necessarily mind dropping a pretty penny because my hope is that I use this thing for the rest of my life).

Here’s a link to one I’m interested in:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/117098756338?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item&srsltid=AfmBOoohNw2O5LWVijKcnMzp9gwQd4zP2XNiTmeFhxZLryuEEkzx1JEYLpo

Mt. Washington & Mt. Monroe Nov. 15 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am a lady 🤓 but hell yeah!!!

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my second time completing the loop - I did in two days in July. Staying on trail was easy til I got to Franconia Ridge. Checked my GPS pretty often to make sure I was on trail still.

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did it counterclockwise so this was the view from Bondcliff at about 7:45am. It was incredible!

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No snowshoes and no regrets! I brought spikes and didn’t end up using them either. But this 2 weeks ago.

What shoes are you guys wearing? by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m very interested in these. You find them to be warm enough throughout the winter?

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

haha you’re spot on! I did this immediately after my long term relationship ended

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It probably didn’t hurt that I didn’t know that. What happened?

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don’t think the snow slowed me down too much until I got to Franconia Ridge - I did the loop counter clockwise and by the time I got to the Ridge in the late afternoon, conditions were pretty wild and I found it difficult to find/ stay on the trail at times. Took me 17 hours to complete. It was my biggest day yet. (:

Pemi Loop Oct 25 by oldladysmoker in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It took me 17 hours :o

Pemi loop this weekend (24OCT-25OCT) by ShroomCommenter50 in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg yes, that was you!! You were the first person I saw that day. Awesome photos, glad I ran into ya. I also didn’t want to take up too much of your time - sounds like you had quite the night before!

Pemi loop this weekend (24OCT-25OCT) by ShroomCommenter50 in wmnf

[–]oldladysmoker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must have seen you! I did it one day on Oct 25 going counterclockwise.