Inventors and technicians all over the world have dealt with the problem of the optimal tracking of a record and have been prompted to numerous proposals for solutions. Yet few of these ideas have ever been translated into reality, as the complicated mechanisms which caused frictional resistance and resonance brought the advantage of the tangential tracking to nothing.

Thales however convinces through its uncompromising technical realization. The manufacturing of its more than 100 parts is done with the most modern process engineering in Switzerland. A watch manufacture in Winterthur fabricates and assembles the micromechanical parts. Twelve jewel bearings reduce the friction to the utmost. The materials used are carefully selected and tested.

Thales is not a mass-market product. Each tonearm is individually numbered and tuned to its actual drive system. Meticulous and precise tuning on the basis of extensive listening sessions lifts the performance of the tonearm to a level where we enjoy the music and the technology likewise.