The turntable is divided into 3 levels which, according to the principle of ‚Constrained Layer Damping‘, ensure that the unavoidable interference from the drive motor is kept as far away as possible from the tonearm and cartridge. In the lower level are the 3 adjustable feet that connect the entire turntable to the stand. The drive motor is also installed there, as well as the motor control and the XLR terminal. The center level, connected to the lower and upper levels by a special adhesive layer, carries only the armboard and the tonearm.
The platter bearing and the control panel are mounted on the top level. By choosing different wood materials, each level is optimised in terms of vibration. Disturbances are greatly reduced in stages from the drive level to the tonearm level. The result of this mix of materials and the construction is the impressive quietness of the turntable.
ABOUT THE TT01
The turntable is driven by a flat belt. The platter bearing is a 10mm plain bearing with a 7mm ceramic ball. The bearing bottom is designed with a center hole so that the ceramic ball runs on a defined circular ring. This creats an even, controlled braking torque that keeps the drive motor constantly running against a small load. This braking torque calms the mechanical running of the motor. This effect is also further supported by the use of grease for the bearing axle instead of oil. The platter is made of three parts: sub-platter, acrylic disc and outer ring.
This combination of materials contributes to the damping and smoothing of the platter. Phono preamplifiers can be connected via balanced XLR outputs. The tonearm is fixed to the arm board by a central steel ball and four screws arranged in a parallelogram. The contact via these 5 point connections has an isolating effect for resonances between chassis and tonearm.
The circular arm board mounted on the middle level of the chassis also has only 4 point-shaped contact points to the chassis. The basic principle of this drive is the gradual isolation of the individual components while realising the greatest possible mechanical strength.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
- Chassis: Three-layer design according to the constrained layer principle made of different woods.
- Arrangement of the components motor, tonearm and platter each on a separate layer
- Speed change via keyboard: 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm
- Fine speed control: +- 5%
- Speed stability ( rated ): < +- 0.07%
- Drive with synchronous motor and flat belt on subplatter
- Synchronous motors selected for the highest possible mechanical quietness
- External power supply for 115V-230V
- Power consumption in operation: 12 W
- Power consumption when switched off: 6 W
- Platter bearing with hardened steel axle in bronze bushing
- Axial bearing with ceramic ball on ring-shaped Delrin bearing
- Lubrication with special grease
- Dimensions WxHxD: 510x200x400
- Weight: 17 kg
PARTS LIST
- Flightcase
- Chassis
- Tonearm
- Platter
- Platter mat
- Belt
- Power supply
- Mains cable
- Connection cable
- Accessories
- User manual Thiele TT01
- User manual Thiele TA01
