clearaudio TT1 tangential tonearm Musical Surroundings User Manual

: August 12, 2024
: clearaudio

Statement TT1

User manual

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Dear Clearaudio customer,

Thank you for your decision to purchase the patented Statement TT1 tangential tonearm from Clearaudio.

Please take a moment to read this owner’s manual to ensure correct setup, to avoid any potential damage and to discover how to care for your Statement TT1 so that it gives you many years of musical enjoyment and pleasure.

We wish you much pleasure with your new Clearaudio Statement TT1 tangential tonearm.

Clearaudio electronic GmbH

Safety instructions

1. General information

Check the tonearm for any damage before using it. Do not connect the tonearm if damaged!

Never connect the tonearm if it has been dropped or gotten wet, contact your dealer to have the tonearm checked.

Never expose the tonearm to rain or moisture.

The inside of the tonearm is maintenance free. Never open the case or attempt to repair the unit yourself, since this can lead to loss of warranty!

Before using the tonearm for the first time or after a long period of inactivity the lift must be operated approx. 4-5 times to loosen the grease in the tonearm lift to lower the lift bar evenly again.

Not suitable for children! Scope of delivery may contain small parts that can be swallowed.

2. Intended use

The Statement TT1 is a tonearm for playing music and is intended exclusively for use on the Clearaudio Statement turntable.
Only use the Statement TT1 tonearm in accordance with the information provided in the user manual.

3. Location of installation

Avoid locations with direct sunlight, temperature fluctuations and high humidity. Likewise, avoid placing electronic devices near heaters, heat lamps, or other devices that produce heat.

The device is designed for operation at room temperature.

No objects with an open flame may be placed on or near the device (burning candles or similar).

4. Maintenance

Please make sure that the precision dry ball bearings are not touched, cleaned or lubricated in any way.

Never move or readjust the screws in the tonearm carriage. They should be adjusted only by qualified dealers or at the Clearaudio factory.

Use a cotton bud and a commercially available glass cleaner to clean the glass tube. Put some glass cleaner on the cotton bud and slide it through the glass tube with a movement from the inlet to the outlet groove.

Never use aggressive cleaning agents.

Do not use dry cloths for cleaning as this generates static electricity. Suitable cleaning and care products from Clearaudio are available atwww.analogshop.de or from specialist retailers.

Only use a soft cloth with a smooth surface or a soft brush for cleaning.

If the Statement TT1 tonearm is not in use for a long period, please cover the tonearm to protect it from dust.

WARNING:
Never insert the oil into the precision bearing as this will result in damage of bearing.

5. Health information

Permanently high volume can lead to various types of hearing damage. Use high volume responsibly!

6. Service

The Statement TT1 tonearm should be repaired during the guarantee period by the manufacturer only, otherwise the warranty claim expires. All Clearaudio products should only be serviced by specialist retailer.

If, despite the high production standard, a service is necessary, the Statement TT1 tonearm must be send to Clearaudio through your dealer.

7. Transport

Use the original packing material for further transportation of the Statement TT1 tonearm, otherwise serious damage could occur.

Be sure to pack the device exactly as it was shipped.
Safe transport is only guaranteed in the original packaging.

During any transportation of the tonearm, always protect the carriage with a piece of foam so that the carriage cannot move during transportation.
When repackaging the tonearm, please follow in reverse the steps indicated in this manual for installation and setup.

8. Disposal

Do not dispose this product together with other waste.
WEEE Reg. No.: DE26004446

9. CE Marking

This electronic product corresponds to the applicable guidelines for obtaining the CE mark.

1. List of components

The Clearaudio Statement TT1 tonearm is delivered in a special packing to ensure its safe transport.
Please keep this packaging in case of any further transport.

Important note:
Please check the contents as shown in the picture below.

Please take special care of the tonearm cable while unpacking your Clearaudio Statement TT1 tonearm!

Note: All threads are metrical!

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

Pic. 1: Package content

1.	Tonearm body
2.	Carbon armwand, including cable
3.	Hex wrench:

#1.5 / #2 / 2,5# / #3 / #8
4.| 2x large hex socket headed bolts
M10 x 80
(to mount round base on turntable)
5.| White gloves
6.| Clearaudio linear gauge
7.| Set with cartridge mounting screws
8.| Counterweights
9.| 2x round base (stainless steel)
10.| Mini Level Gauge
11.| Alignment gauge to aligning the round bases
12.| 4x mounting screws M4 x 20
(to mount tonearm on round base)
13.| User manual, Warranty card, Return
delivery note (not shown)

2. Delivery condition

The Statement TT1 is packed in a special foam packaging and comes almost completely assembled.

Pic. 2: Delivery condition tonearm body

Please note:

For the transport, the tonearm carriage is protected with an transport lock to avoid any damages.
The armwand is packed separately and will be installed later.

Pic. 3: Armwand

Additional parts, accessories and tools are also packed separately.

3. Front and rear view of theTT1 tonearm

Front view

Magnet to lock in operating position
Tonearm tower
(left)
Bulletproof wood antiresonance bridge core
Precision VTA adjustment
Precision level gauge
Cueing lever
Tonearm tower
(right)
Precision tube holder for glass tube

Rear view

Tonearm cable holder
Cueing lever
Tonearm cable ground screw
Cueing lift mechanism

Pic. 4: Front and rear view

4. Preparation of the Statement turntable

After checking the package contents as described on page 4, place the parts on a clean and flat surface in preparation for set-up.
Assembly and set-up of the TT1 are quite straightforward, as most parts have been factory preassembled.

Please use the white gloves provided to avoid introducing scratches and/or fingerprints during assembly.

First, position the two round bases (see page 4, package content No. 9) onto the turntable. Please note, you may need to remove the previous discs/cylinders or tonearm bases first.

Please use only the round bases provided, as they are specifically height- matched for the TT1 tonearm.

M10 x 80 M10 x 80

Pic. 5: Installing the stainless steel tonearm round bases on the Statement turntable

Do not tighten the base mounting bolts (see page 4 package content No. 4), you should be still able to turn the bases.

Now place the aligning gauge on top of the two round bases (see picture 6).
Rotate the round bases until all four pins on the bottom of the alignment gauge fit into the threads machined into the bases.

Pic. 6: Placing the alignment gauge

While holding the alignment gauge in this position, tighten the two bolts with the hex wrench provided (Pic. 7).

Attention:
Any misalignment at this stage will cause problems when positioning the TT1 tonearm

Pic. 7: Tightening the mounting bolts

After the round bases have been fixed, the alignment gauge can be removed.

5. Mounting the TT1 tonearm on the Statement turntable

To avoid any damage on the tonearm or turntable, we recommend that two people do the assembly.

Pic. 8: Placing the tonearm assembly in position

Pic. 9: Tightening the tonearm mounting bolts

Pic. 10: View of the mounted tonearm

Place the tonearm chassis on top of the two round bases. Lift it carefully, making sure that the sliding tonearm bridge is positioned to the rear of both sliding bases as shown in picture 8.

While holding it in place, insert the four socket head mounting screws provided into the threaded holes in the tonearm mounting bases and tighten them.

Please note: Always hold the tonearm in place while fixing the four bolts.

Check the ease of movement of the tonearm again by moving it back and forth several times.

Please note: You may need to readjust the levelling of the Statement turntable once you have fully completed setup of the TT1 tonearm.

6. Mounting the armwand

Please take great care in undertaking the following steps.

Remove the rubber band which is used as transportation lock.
Afterwards loosen the screws from the aluminum block and remove the second transportation lock.

Pic. 11: Pre-mounted bearing carriage and glass tube with transportation lock

Move the tonearm to the playback position and press the cable into the holders provided on the back of the tonearm. Make sure that the cable has enough latitude when the tonearm is moved back and forth.
Guide the tonearm tube between the track and the eccentric shaft (green arrow, Fig. 12).
Now you can mount the armwand on the carriage using the aluminum clamping block and the two screws. Ground the tonearm using the screw as seen in picture 12.

We recommend tightening the screws of the aluminum block only slightly, as the armwand needs to be movable for the subsequent adjustments.

Pic. 12: Mounting of the armwand Made in Germany

Pic. 13: Mounted armwand

7. Mounting the cartridge

The following settings require mounting the cartridge on the headshell.
Always follow the cartridge manufacturer’s instructions.
Use the screws provided to mount the cartridge onto the headshell.

Pic. 14: Mounting the cartridge

Leave the stylus protector on your cartridge to avoid any damages!

Please note:
This tonearm is suitable for all cartridges with a weight of 5.5g and above.
If your cartridge is lighter, please use an additional weight (headshell plate).

Available through your dealer/ distributor or at Clearaudio:info@clearaudio.de

Now you can connect the respective signal cable with the matching color pins of the cartridge. Please note the following colour coding:

Red: right channel / R+
Green: right channel / R –
White: left channel / L+
Blue: left channel / L-

8. Pre-setting the tracking force

To make the adjustment, first remove the stylus protector.
Please handle all equipment with care to avoid any damage.

Use one of the supplied weights to roughly adjust the tracking force by placing the counterweight onto the back of the headshell tube (Pic. 15).

The choice of counterweight depends on the weight of the cartridge.

Please only pre-adjust the tracking force of the cartridge.
The correct setting w ill be made at the end of the tonearm settings.

Use the #1.5 hex wrench to tighten the counterweight fixing screws.

To check the tracking force, we recommend the Clearaudio “Weight Watcher touch” digital cartridge weight (Art. No. AC163, also available at www.analogshop.de).

Pic. 15: Counterweight adjustment

9. Fine adjustment of the tonearm

9.1 Adjustment of the tangential alignment

Use the lift to lower the stylus at the left hand end of the Clearaudio linear gauge, moving the gauge so that the diamond sits exactly on the reference line (see Pic. 16a).

Lift the cartridge up again and then position it at the right hand end of the gauge (Pic. 16b).

Pic. 16a Pic. 16b

Pic. 16: Adjustment of the tangential alignment

Never move the cartidge in the alignment gauge while it is lowered.

If the needle is not parallel to the reference line, correct the position of the armwand, fix it slightly and check your result again.

Repeat this process until the needle tip is perfectly in all positions in the reference line the setting template is seated.

Finally, hand-tighten the screws on the terminal block to fix your result.

9.2 Adjustment of the VTA ( tonearm height)

The included Clearaudio linear gauge is suitable for adjusting the tonearm height, as it corresponds to the thickness of a record.
Place the Clearaudio linear gauge through the existing hole on the spindle of the turntable and align it parallel to the tonearm.

Move the tonearm forward to the playback position and check the tonearm height by placing the Mini Level Gauge on the headshell of the pickup.

Place it carefully(!) in the center on the top of the headshell of the raised cartridge and lower the cartridge onto the linear gauge using the lift.

Pic. 17: Adjustment of the VTA

To correct this, turn the two wheels of the precision VTA adjustment on the top of the tonearm until the bubble of the Mini Level Gauge on the headshell is level.

Leave the mini level gauge on the headshell and the linear gauge on the platter, as it is also required for the further settings.

Pic. 18: VTA adjustment

9.3 Adjustment of the azimuth ( Vertical position of the cartridge)

Please be extremely careful during the following step!

Please lift the cartridge up!

Pic. 19: Adjustment of the azimuth

Pic. 20: Placing the Mini Level Gauge

Use the Mini Level Gauge provided for the following azimuth setting.

Lower the cartridge onto the linear gauge and check the azimuth with the air bubble on the Mini Level Gauge.

With the cartridge raised, adjust the headshell in the appropriate direction to achieve the desired orientation.

It may be necessary to loosen the locking screw for the headshell tube on the cart.

Fix the screw after completing the setting and remove the Mini Level Gauge from the headshell.

Set the correct tracking force of your cartridge according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

For the correct setting we recommend the digital cartridge weight “Weight Watcher touch” from Clearaudio (item: AC163; also available from: www.analogshop.de).

For perfect sound, we recommend checking the tracking force, azimuth and VTA settings again and correcting them if necessary.

The Clearaudio Statement TT1 tonearm is now completely adjusted and ready to play.

10. Troubleshooting

First check the possible causes to rule out incorrect operation if you have a problem with your Statement TT1 tonearm.
Please contact your dealer if the error persists!

Never try to open the unit and/ or repair it yourself, this w ill void the warranty!

Error	Cause	Measure
Needle bounces or slides across record	**Is the record or the stylus
dirty or damaged?**	Clean the record / or the cartridge. Clearaudio

offers many helpful accessories for care and cleaning. In the event of damage, we recommend an assessment by a specialist and, if necessary, an exchange.
Has the tracking force been set too high/low?| Adjust the tracking force. Use only a suitable gauge! For example Clearaudio “Weight Watcher touch” or “Smart Stylus Gauge”.
Is the record deformed or scratched?| Use a record clamp or replace the record.
Is the turntable leveled?| Check the alignment of the turntable and adjust if necessary.
The tonearm carriage gets stuck| Were all settings made correctly during assembly?| Check all settings and adjust them again if necessary.
Is the glass tube dirty?| Use a cotton bud and a commercially available glass cleaner to clean the glass tube.

Put some glass cleaner on the cotton bud and slide it through the glass tube with a movement from the inlet to the outlet groove.

Is the tonearm leveled?| Check the alignment of the tonearm and adjust if necessary.
Is the turntable leveled?| Check the alignment of the turntable and adjust if necessary.

11. Technical data

Construction details:| Tangential tonearm
Mechanical and passive drive through dry-running ball bearing in an calibrated polished glass tube
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Material:| Aluminium (black/silver), stainless steel,
bullet proof wood (natural/black), glass
Cartridge balance range:| 5.5g – 15g
Mounting style:| On request
Wiring:| 2m Super Sixstream terminated with RCA
Weight:| Approx. 8.6kg, incl. armwand
Dimensions (W/D/H):| Approx. 21.26 x 8.27 x 8.27 inches
Dimensions (W/D/H):| Approx. 540 (incl. lift unit) x 210 x 210mm
Manufacturer’s warranty:| **10 years***

* Provided that the warranty card is correctly completed and returned to Clearaudio, or your product is registered online athttps://clearaudio.de/en/service/registration.php, within 14 days of purchase.

The full, extended warranty period for the Statement TT1 tonearm is 10 years.
To receive this full Clearaudio warranty, you must either complete and return the relevant section of the warranty registration card to Clearaudio, or register your product online at:
https://clearaudio.de/en/service/registration.php, within 14 days of purchase.
Otherwise only the legal warranty can be considered.
The full 10 year warranty can only be honoured, if the product is returned in its original packing.

WARRANTY

For warranty information, contact your local Clearaudio distributor.

RETAIN YOUR PURCHASE RECEIPT

Your purchase receipt is your permanent record of a valuable purchase. It should be kept in a safe place to be referred to as necessary for insurance purposes or when corresponding with Clearaudio.

IMPORTANT
When seeking warranty service, it is the responsibility of the consumer to establish proof and date of purchase.
Your purchase receipt or invoice is adequate for such proof.
FOR U.K. ONLY
This undertaking is in addition to a consumer‘s statutory rights and does not affect those rights in any way.

clearaudio electronic GmbH
Spardorfer Straße 150
91054 Erlangen
Germany

Phone / Tel.: +49 9131 40300 100
Fax: +49 9131 40300 119
www.clearaudio.de
www.analogshop.de
info@clearaudio.de

Handmade in Germany

Clearaudio Electronic accepts no liability for any misprints.
Technical specifications are subject to change or improvement without prior notice.
Product availability is as long as stock lasts.
Copies and reprints of this document, including extracts, require written consent from Clearaudio Electronic GmbH, Germany.

2024

© clearaudio electronic GmbH, 2024-01 Made in Germany

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