Clearaudio Statement TT1 User manual

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User Manual

Made in Germany

Version 3_22.11.13_E

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Dear audio enthusiast,

Thank you for your decision to purchase the patented

Statement TT 1 tangential

tonearm

from Clearaudio. This tonearm is manufactured to the highest degree of tolerance and

quality.

Please take a moment to read this owner’s manual to ensure correct set up, to avoid any

possible damage and to learn how proper care of your clearaudio Statement TT 1 tangential

tonearm, which will give you many years of musical enjoyment and pleasure.

This section must be read before any connection or setup is made, so that the warranty will

not be void.

CE-MARKING

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

Warnings

Do not expose the equipment to rain or moisture.

Do not remove the cover from the equipment.

Do not insert anything into the equipment through the ventilation holes.

Do not handle the mains lead with wet hands.

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

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Contents

1. Package contents 4

2. Package overview 5

3. Front and back view of assembled TT 1 tonearm 6

4. Assembly and operation 7 - 8

5. Statement TT 1 tonearm mounting on Statement 9 - 12

6. Cartridge pre-adjustment / adjustment 13 - 14

7. Transportation advice 15

8. Service - information 15

9. Warranty 16

10. Technical data 17

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1. Package contents

The Clearaudio

Statement TT 1 Tangential

tonearm is delivered in specially designed

packaging to ensure its safe transport. Please check the contents as shown in picture below

and in the list at the bottom of this page:

Tonearm chassis

Armwand, incl. cable

Round mounting base ( 2x )

Installation gauge for the tonearm base

Bag of mexkey wrenches

Main counter weight

Exchangeable counter weight 10g ( e.g.

GOLDRING) and 5g (e.g. for TITANIUM)

Precision glastube for bearing device/

carriage

Hex key screws: to mount tonearm on 2x

round bases

2x big hex key bolts

White pair of gloves

Quartz tube assembly kit

Installation gauge for cartridges

Cartridge/ Headshell mounting screws

Instruction manual (not shown)

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2. Package view

The Statement TT 1 is packed in a special foam packing and comes almost completely

assembled.

Tonearm chassis, not including the armwand.

The armwand and the glastube are packed seperatly and need to be installed.

The accessories, tools etc. are packed as well separately.

Picture 1: Package view

Picture 2: Armwand and glastube

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3. Clearaudio STATEMENT TT1/ tangential tonearm

Picture 3: Front and back view

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4. Preassembly and operation

After checking the package contents as described, place the parts on a clean, safe and flat

surface to get ready for the setup. The assembly and setup is fairly simple and straight

forward as many parts have been already preassembled at the factory. Please use the white

gloves provided, to prevent scratches and/or fingerprints during assembly.

First you start to assembly the 2 main tonearm stainless steel round base (stainless steel

cylinders) on to the Statement turntable. Please note, you might have to take off the

previous cylinders, please use only the provided one’s, as they are matched in heigt for the

TT1 tonearm.

Do not tighten the cylinders completely, you should be still able to turn them.

40 mm

Picture 4: Putting the stainless steel round base

onto the Statement turntable

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Now place the installation gauge (4) for the tonearm base on top of the two cylinders (3)

while all four pins on the bottom of the installation gauge, must fit into the threats machined

into the cylinders. You might have to turn the cylinders for correnty aligning.

Tighten the 2 bolts, with the provided hex key, while holding ( pressing ) the gauge down.

Attention: any misalignment will leat to a problem to place the TT1 tonearm later !

Picture 5: Placing the installation gauge

Picture 6: Placing the installation gauge

Picture 7: Tighten the gauge

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5. Statement TT1 tonearm mounting on Statement

Now you can place the tonearm chassis on top of the 2 cylinders. Take it carefully with one

hand at the top cover (tower bridge), so that the sliding bars are not moving. While holding

it in place, over the 4 machined threads, start inserting the provided (4) hex key screws and

tighten them.

Please note: Always hold the tonearm in place while fixing the 4 screws!

Tighten the screws, one by one, gently but firm.

Picture 8: Placing the tonearm chassis on the top

Picture 9: Tighten the screw of the tonearm

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Please note:

You might have to readjust the leveling of the Statement turntable, when finished with the

complete setup.

The following steps must be done with a lot of caution !

Take the precision glastube and the armwand / carriage assembly and slide it into the

glastube. The headshell mounting area is facing into the direction that the cut out gap of the

tube in the back.

Please note: There is no tension force allowed to the very fine/ thin tonearm cable.

Damage can occure !

Place the glastube assembly kit as described:

first the piece with the round rubber at the right end of the glastube in position (inserting),

then the round stopper into the left side of the glastube.

Now slide the glastube into the machined precision tube holder (at the back of the TT1

tonearm) and place it into the buffer by pushing it into the left rubber ring

Attention: Put the glastube flat into the cut out, then push it leftwards!

Damage can occure !

Picture 10: Finished view of the tonearm installation

Picture 11: Precision glastube

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