Clearaudio Performance SE User manual

Performance SE

Hi-Fi Components clearaudio electronic GmbH

Spardorfer Str. 150 ●D-91054 Erlangen ●Tel. +49(0) 1805/059595 ●FAX +49(0) 09131/51683

www.clearaudio.de ●www.analogshop.de ●info@clearaudio.de /clearaudio copyright 2012

User manual

Made in Germany

Version-1.2_02-28-12_E

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Dear clearaudio-customer,

you have purchased a state-of-the-art turntable, the

Performance SE

, a world class product

of clearaudio electronic GmbH.

The special resonance-optimised construction, the external motor-unit and the patented

clearaudio - CMB-bearing-technology guarantees absolute speed stability, pure pleasure in

listening and reproduction in accordance to the original.

Thank you very much for your confidence.

Please read this user manual carefully so that you can enjoy all advantages of your

Performance SE

-turntable. All information given will help to generate best set up and avoid

any possible damages.

We hope you will enjoy your new clearaudio

Performance SE

-turntable.

clearaudio electronic GmbH

Please read the warnings before connecting your

Performance SE

-turntable to the mains

supply.

CE-MARKING

The clearaudio

Performance SE

meets the regulations concerning electromagnetic

disturbance (EMC) and low-voltage appliances.

Recording und reproduction of any sound-material may require the consent of the creator.

Please acknowledge the information given in the

-Copyright Act 1956,

-Dramatic and Musical Performers Act 1958,

-Performers Protection Acts 1963 and 1072,

-any more recent legal regulations.

WARNINGS

Don’t expose your performance-turntable to rain or humidity.

Don’t handle the mains leads with wet hands.

Don’t place or insert anything into the equipment or through ventilation holes.

No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the equipment.

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Contents

1. Packaging overview 4

2. Packing contents 5

3. Set-up and operation 7

4. Tonearm- and pick-up setting 9

5. Azimuth-setting 17

6. Antiskating-setting 17

7. Service 18

8. Special directions 19

9. Technical data 20

Warrantyinformation 21

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1. Packaging overview

1. Layer (top):

Motor-unit, motor-basis (not shown)

top of bearing, belt, pulley, fittings

and accessories

If ordered as set: satisfy tonearm

and/or pickup

2. Layer (middle):

Turntable - chassis

3. Layer (bottom):

Platter

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2. Packing contents

The clearaudio

Performance SE

-turntable is delivered in a especially designed and custom

packaging.

Please check the contents according to the following list before you set up your new

clearaudio

Performance SE

-turntable.

1 Chassis with built-in bearing

and tone arm base 2 Turntable platter

3 Top of the CMB - bearing 4 6-cut pulley for 230V motor or 2-cut

pulley for 110 V motor, incl. fixing

screws

5 Motor-unit with attached power cord 6 Motor stand, made out of stainless

steel

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7 Synthetic bearing oil (2,5 ml) 8 Level gauge

9 Optional: Satisfy Tonearm 10 Ground wire ( if hum occures )

(drilling for ground wire on the backside

of the tonearmbase)

11 clearaudio Smart Stylus Gauge

(without cartridge) 12 Optional: Maestro MM pick-up

13 2 Silent belts 2mm (1 for replacement) 14 Pair of white gloves

15 Allen wrench size 3 16 Screwdriver ( for fixing the pulley )

17 Warranty-certificate ( card )

8 9

14 15

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3. Set-up and operation

The

Performance SE

-turntable consists of several devices, as described in No 2 (Packing

content).

The set up is easy as some of the components are pre-assembled at the factory.

Please make use of the white gloves enclosed in order to avoid scratches or unwanted

fingerprints (platter).

Please follow the description step by step:

The

Performance SE

requires a space of at least 16,54 inch x 12,99 inch for positioning.

12,99 inch / 33 cm

16,54 inch

/ 42 cm

Picture 1: Setting up space

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Place the pre-mounted chassis on your hifi-rack or another suitable base.

Please remove the protective seal from the bearing shaft and place two drops of the

synthetic bearing oil on the ceramic bearing shaft. Slip the bearing top onto the bearing shaft

of the turntable (please remove the safety strip first). Now you can set the platter carefully

onto the bearing. To avoid damages make sure you slide the inverted bearing slowly and

cautiously on the polished ceramic shaft. Hold the platter in one hand while with the other is

securing the bearing top so it can neither slip and nor fall on your turntable.

The marks (dots) on the platter and the top of the bearing have been carefully measured.

Please make sure they align exactly as shown in the picture.

Picture 2: Performance SE chassis

Picture 3: Setting the platter onto

the bearing

Picture 4: Congruence of platter and

bearing

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4. Tonearm- and pick-up setting

Satisfy-Tonearm mounting

Please fix the base of the satisfy-tonearm on the basis

on your

Performance SE

-turntable chassis using the

short screws (M4x20).

Tighten the screws of the satisfy-tonearm base using

the allen screwdriver enclosed.

Pass the cables of the satisfy-tonearm carefully through the tonearm base.

Please make sure that the cables will not damaged or bent too much.

Picture 5: Satisfy - tonearm mount

base

Picture 6: Passing the Satisfy – tonearm through the tonearm base

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Secure the tonearm only slightly using the fixing screws (marked red in the picture 1 and 2)

so you can still move it for exact adjustment. After adjusting the vertical position you should

tighten the fixing screws to place the tonearm in it’s final position.

The right vertical position of the tonearm depends on the height of the pick-

up/cartridge.

Therefore the pick-up-cartridge has to be installed next.

When installing the pick-up/cartridge connect the four coloured cables of the tonearm to the

four coloured connection pins of the pick-up/cartridge.

1 2

The exact setting of the tonearm requires the installation of the pick-

up/cartridge. Please follow the instructions given by the

pick- up manufacturer !

Colour code key of the satisfy-tonearm cables:

Left channel (L+) →white

Left channel (L -) →blue

Right channel (R+) →red

Right channel (R -) →green

Picture 7: Fixing screw (1) for exact adjustment Picture 8: Fixing screw (2) for exact adjustment

Drilling for the

ground wire

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