Marantz TT-15S1 Turntable without Cartridge

Stereophile "Recommended Component"

We may be living in a digital age, but quality turntables are more in demand than ever. Many cherished records may never be issued on digital formats. With the new TT-15S1 turntable, the engineering team at Marantz has created an audiophile quality turntable with DC servo belt-drive and low-coloration tonearm to answer the need for an affordable high-performance source component for LPs.

"The attractive, quiet, well-damped TT-15S1 is built to Marantz specifications by Clearaudio... a startlingly full, coherent, dynamic sound," reports Stereophile in a "Recommended Components" listing.

"Clearly well-made, the translucent white table is not only handsome, it sounds great, too," notes Mike Quinn in Jazz Times. "Marantz has a real winner in this package and if you can budget for the TT15, it will return the investment night-in and night-out for years of fun, insightful listening."

"It Reeks of Understated Distinction"

No doubt about it, the Marantz is a distinctive looking machine. "The plinth itself is a tactile delight with finely finished surface and nicely machined, gently rounded edges, it reeks of understated distinction," reports the May 1, 2006 issue of Hi-fi World magazine.

"The sound is similarity elegant, refined and yet powerful and dynamic also," the review continues. "The Marantz was capable and authoritative with all the music used in more than just a competent manner; it was a high-resolution source component in almost every tangible acoustic aspect."

Low-Resonance Acrylic Platter and Platform

The acrylic platform and heavy 1.1"-thick acrylic platter provide an ultra low resonance environment for your LPs. A standalone 'floating' asynchronous motor without chassis contact guarantees total isolation from the turntable platform, bringing you amazingly quiet and exceptionally pure music reproduction.

A high precision, maintenance-free ceramic bearing contributes to the smooth performance and imaging so realistic, you'll be reaching for LPs that you haven't listened to in years and marveling at the level of sonic information.

Product Features

Low-resonance high-density acrylic chassis and platter
Floating motor mount construction
Non-servo controlled type AC motor
Belt drive system with endless silicon belt
Anodized aluminum straight type tone arm
Magnetic type anti-skating mechanism
Fine-adjustable counter weight
Solid aluminum three-point support feet
"Clever Clamp" by Souther Engineering
Operation: Manual
Speed: 33 1/3 & 45 rpm
Detachable power cable
Line output: two-channel
Color: Transparent White

Product Specs

Frequency range: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
Speed variation: +/- 0.2%
Rated output: 3.6 mV / 1 kHz
S/N ratio: 80 dB
Channel separation: >30 dB
Platter height: 1.2"
Power consumption: 5W
Dimensions: 16.5" wide, 5.4" high, 14.2" deep (without tonearm)
Weight: 19.6 lbs. (without tonearm and motor)

"What matters is sound. And the sound you get from the TT-15S1 stands out as the most ravishingly exact you’ll find in a turntable. What you thought of as sound is somehow newer and grander on the TT-15S1. And by sound, I also mean vibration — like Yeats’s vibration of cells — a tremor-like force that can conjure up visions of the past. The TT-15S1 is also a lovely piece of machinery to behold, cast, like a Lexus LC 500 with its gauzy pearlescence, not nearly so garish in person as it appears online, and almost translucent."

- John O'Connor, Gear Patrol, November 21, 2017