TT-15S1

TT-15S1 - Premium Turntable
Analogue purists behold: the TT-15S1 Premium Range turntable is here. It has a solid acrylic resin chassis in design style of the Premium Range, a 3 cm-thick heavy acrylic platter with a black felt cover, solid aluminium feet, and state-of-the-art ceramic bearings, so it almost eliminates chassis resonance. The Marantz exclusive MM-system in a stylish ebony body is directly fixed to the high-grade audio interconnector reducing signal resistance to a minimum. Its anodised arm has been optimised to partner the unit perfectly. The motor is dampened and isolated from the chassis to prevent vibration influence. And a clever clamp system ensures excellent disc contact with platter. The magnetic anti-skating system is contact-free to eliminate unwanted stylus stresses, and the continuous silicon belt guarantees rotational accuracy. The TT-15S1 represents the ultimate addition to any audiophiles home audio system.

MAIN FEATURES

Acryl chassis with massive aluminium feet 3cm thick acryl platter Ceramic bearing Marantz exclusive MM system in ebony body Direct wired system Endless silicon belt
SPECIFICATIONS Motor: AC/DC Drive System: Belt/Direct Bearing: Ceramic/Metal Operation: Manual/Automatic Speed: 33-1/3 / 45 RPM Stylus (MM/MC) Stylus version Belt: Rubber/Silicon SPECIFICATIONS Rated Output Frequency Range Signal to Noise Ratio GENERAL Clever Clamp Available colors: Black/White Maximum Dimensions (WxDxH) in mm Weight in kg
TT-15S1 o/o/o/o/o/o o/Marantz Virtuoso Ebony -/o 3mV/1kHz 20Hz-20kHz 80dB o -/o 440x350x110 8.9

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Design and specifications are subject to change by Marantz without notice.

Warnings

Do Do Do Do No not expose the equipment to rain or moisture. not remove the cover from the equipment. not insert anything into the equipment through the ventilation holes. not handle the mains lead with wet hands. naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the equipment.
CE MARKING The Marantz TT-15S1 conforms with the EMC directive and low voltage directive.
EQUIPMENT MAINS WORKING SETTING Your Marantz product has been prepared to comply with the household power and safety requirements that exist in your area. This product can be powered by 230 V AC only. COPYRIGHT Recording and playback of any material may require consent. For further information refer to the following: - Copyright Act 1956 - Dramatic and Musical Performers Act 1958 - Performers Protection Acts 1963 and 1972 - Any subsequent statutory enactments and orders

Table of contents

Product description Scope of supply Installation and set up Specific precautions Service information Technical Specifications 6 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The ultra low resonance construction in combination with a stand alone motor unit, guarantees total isolation of resonance from the turntable chassis, providing the best music reproduction and authentic audiophile imaging. A high precision, maintenance free ceramic bearing is completing the analogue pleasure. However its the sum of the individual parts that determines the quality of the Marantz TT-15S1 turntable. That is why Marantz has optimised the tonearm for the mechanism with a magnetic floating antiskating system and a matching ClearAudio Virtuoso MM cartridge executed in ebony wood.

SCOPE OF SUPPLY

Marantz has developed a special and secure turntable packing, to avoid any transportation damages. Please store this original packing, in case you need to ship the turntable. Please confirm the content of the packaging of the TT-15S1 based on the below overview.
1 Turntable chassis 3 Tonearm with counterweight and interconnects
2 Bearing (upper part) with adjusted bearing shaft 4 Turntable-Platter made from GS-Acryl
Motor drive unit with mains cable A pair of white gloves Two drive belts Felt Sheet Record clamp Clever Clamp
Acrylic motor pulley Grounding wire for the turntables bearing Bearing oil for occasional use Three Allen keys (sizes: 1.5 / 2.5 / 3)

INSTALLATION AND SET UP

The Marantz TT-15S1 comes in several pre mounted parts, as described in Scope of supply. The set up and installation is done quickly and very easy. Please use the white gloves during this procedure, to avoid scratches. You should consider a safe and clean working area for the installation, in spite, as near as possible to the final position of the turntable. First take out the accessories, the motor and the tonearm of the packing. Now you should take out the first packing layer. After that you can take out the turntable chassis including the mounted lower and upper bearing part from the second packing layer. Place the turntable chassis on its feet on the area where the final position of your turntable will be. Take the motor-pulley out of the accessory bag and shift the motor pulley as far as on the motors shaft until you have a distance of approximately 1 mm between the upper edge of the motor and the lower edge of the pulley. Now screw the three screws in the pulley one after the other with a screwdriver. Take the threaded bolt (M6 x 8) out of your accessory bag and screw it with the adequate Allen key into the winding near the tonearm cut of the turntable chassis, so that the front of the bolt is not facing out the inner side of the tonearm cut. Position the enclosed counterweight on top of the chassis in front of the cut out for the tonearm. Take the tonearm and slide first the interconnect cable through the hole followed by the tonearms shaft. Gently push the arm down into to the hole until the pickup lift is seated on the counterweight (see figure). Please ensure that the tonearm tube is in parallel to the right edge of the turntable body. Now carefully fix by turning the pick up with an Allen key and afterwards remove the counterweight.

Lift the turntable chassis and slide the motor from below exactly under the predefined position hole in the chassis. Please pay attention that the switch of the motor is outside on the left side of the record player body. When the motor is at the right position carefully put the chassis down again. After that you have to centre the motor in the motorposition hole without any contact to the turntable chassis. This way you can use your turntable perfectly decoupled from the motor. Remove the second packing layer. In the bottom packing layer you will find the turntable platter. Please take the platter out with both hands. Place the platter with the 60mm wide and 5mm deep cut out on the upper bearing part. Through a lightly up and down movement the platter will slip onto the bearing upper part. Ensure with a gently (!) pressure that the platter is applying on the complete surface of the bearing.
When the tonearm is fixed you can connect the cartridge to the tonearm. The guideway in the headshell simplifies the assembling. Please fix the cartridge, with the screw and appropriate allen key, to the tonearm when positioned at the lower treshold (see picture). In this position the cartridge and the arm will automatically have the correct angle and an optimised incline.
Carefully connect the cartridge to the tonearm cable. The headshell wires (cartridge connection leads) are colour coded according to the international standard and are given in the below overview:
Colour code of the Satisfy tonearm wire: Signal Signal Signal Signal left channel (L+) ground left channel (L -) right channel (R+) ground right channel (R -) white blue red green
Important: pay attention during the following steps to avoid any damages to the cartridge. If you are using the enclosed ClearAudio Moving Magnet cartridge Virtuoso Wood you can adjust the force to 22 mN. Gently push the counterweight onto the pick up end so that the imprinted scale shows in the pick up system direction. When you let the pick up go, the counterweight moves down and the system up. Now remove the needles protective cover and turn the counterweight in the system direction until the pick up is in balance and hovers freely. Please be careful not to damage the systems needle when doing this. The position you now have corresponds to a load weight of 0mN. With the scaling on the counterweight you can now adjust this to exactly 22mN. A complete revolution corresponds to 5mN, i.e. you must turn the counterweight 4 complete revolutions plus 2 scaled units in the system direction. Now the system has been lowered. Please take care to not damage the systems needle when doing this. For the next settings place any LP on to the platter. Now you can remove the stylus protector. If you now lift down the cartridge to the middle of the turntable platter, you must see (from the side) that the upper edge of the tonearm tube is parallel to the surface of the record. You can use the tonearm tube as orientation. If it is necessary you can adjust the height of the tonearm. For that you have to move the tonearm in the chassiss hole in the right direction and fix the position through locking the Allen screw in the edge of the turntable chassis. In order to finalize the general setup you have to adjust for antiskating. This is also related to the tracking force of the cartridge. With the antiskating screw (on the right hand sight of the main counter weight) you can complete the calibration of the tonearm. Given the tracking force of 22Nm, the screw should be in the middle position.

The fine-tuning can be done best when a well known recording containing a solo instrument or voice which should be located in the front centre position of the sound stage. In case the image has moved to much to the right hand sight of the sound stage, you should lower the antiskating by screwing the antiskatingscrew out. In case the image is positioned to much to the left hand sight you should increase the antiskating by screwing the antiskatingscrew in. Connect your interconnect cable of your Marantz TT-15S1 now with the phono input of your phono-preamplifier and connect the power cord to the mains. Place one drive belt (the second is for spare) around the platter and around the pulley. The smaller diameter of the pulley is used for 33 1/3 rpm and the larger diameter for 45 rpm. The position I on the motor-switch indicates that the turntable is switched on. Please let the turntable be switched on for the first 15 to 30 minutes, for breaking in. It is recommended to connect the lower part of the bearing with the enclosed grounding cable to the grounding terminal on your amplifier.
You are completely set to play and enjoy your vinyl records on your Marantz TT-15S1 turntable.

SPECIFIC PRECAUTIONS

Every two years you can lubricate (only if you will recognize speed variations) the bearing of the turntable platter with the delivered oil. In this case it is enough to put 4 or 5 drops of the oil into bearing. Please take special caution to any damages of the power cord. Any damages should only be repaired only by authorized personal. A damaged power cord must be exchanged immediately! Caution! Please use only non-alcoholic fluids and only fluids specially used for acrylic, to clean the Marantz turntable. Otherwise there could occur damage to the material or the surface!!!

SERVICE AND REPAIR

Please contact your Authorized Marantz dealer nearby in case this manual didnt answer all your questions regarding your newly purchased Marantz product. Only the most competent and qualified service technicians should be allowed to service the equipment. The Marantz company and its factorytrained warranty station personnel have the knowledge and special facilities needed for the repair and calibration of this precision equipment. After the warranty period has expired, repairs will be performed for a charge if the equipment can be restored to normal operation. In the event of difficulty, consult your Authorized Marantz dealer. Please quote the model and serial number of the equipment and give a full description of what you think is abnormal about the equipments behaviour.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Construction principle: Speed possibillities: Drive unit: Bearing: Platter: Speed variation: Dimensions: Warranty: Resonance optimised chassis shape, belt driven 33 1/3 rpm / 45 rpm (78 rpm with optional motor pulley) Decoupled synchronous motor in a massive metal-housing Hardened steel, polished sinter bronze insert with a ceramic ball GS-PMMA, acrylic, precision CNC machined surface 0,2 % Aprox. 400 mm x 330 mm x 150 mm 3 years (excluding the cartridge)