Clearaudio Performance SE User manual

Performance SE
Hi-Fi Components clearaudio electronic GmbH
Spardorfer Str. 150 ●D-91054 Erlangen ●Tel. [phone] ●FAX [phone]
www.clearaudio.de ●www.analogshop.de ●[e-mail] /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.
COPYRIGHT
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
1
5
3
2
4
6

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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 )
7
10
8 9
12
13
14 15
11
16

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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